Supreme Court of Colorado
Reginald Keith Clark v. the People of the State of Colorado.
July 1, 20242024 CO 55
Summary
The court held that the trial court's erroneous denial of Clark's challenge for cause to a racially biased juror was subject to harmless-error review because the juror did not serve, the error was made in good faith, and Clark received his full statutory allotment of peremptory challenges. The court also held that the denial did not violate equal protection because the record showed no purposeful racial discrimination by a state actor. Finally, the court held that a juror's account of a judge's statement during a prior jury service was not extraneous prejudicial information under CRE 606(b), so neither issue warranted reversal.