Divided appeals court reverses conviction after judge declined to define ‘bludgeon’

Divided appeals court reverses conviction after judge declined to define ‘bludgeon’

Colorado’s second-highest court reversed a Jefferson County defendant’s felony menacing conviction on Thursday, concluding that the trial judge’s failure to define “bludgeon” for jurors may have affected the outcome. A three-judge Court of Appeals panel divided in unusual ways in the case of Michael Casey Simms. Two judges believed the definition of “reasonable doubt” that […]

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