United States Supreme Court

Where a juror makes a clear statement indicating that he or she relied on racial stereotypes or animus to convict a criminal defend­ant, the Sixth Amendment requires that the no-impeachment rule of Colorado Rule of Evidence 606(b) give way in order to permit the trial court to consider the evidence of the juror's statement and any resulting denial of the jury trial guar­antee. The Colorado Supreme Court decision rejecting constitutional challenges to the federal no-impeachment Rule 60(b) as applied to evidence of juror miscon­duct or bias, is reversed.

Appellate Information

• Published 2017/03/06

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• KENNEDY

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• United States Supreme Court

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