Opinion ID: 2569354
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 26

Heading: Whether the trial court should have polled the jury about three incidents occurring during the trial.

Text: We determine that: (1) a newspaper article about a death penalty case that was not connected with Harlan's trial, and was not prejudicial to Harlan, did not require the trial court to canvass the jury or to question jurors individually to see if they had learned of the publicity, see Harper v. People, 817 P.2d 77, 83-84 (Colo.1991); (2) the trial court took appropriate steps to prevent a disruptive spectator's behavior from having a prejudicial effect on the jury, so a poll of the jury would have been superfluous; and (3) it was not disputed that the jurors' possible exposure to Harlan in handcuffs was inadvertent; thus, it was not necessary to poll the jury or to grant a mistrial, see People v. Dillon, 655 P.2d 841, 846 (Colo.1982); McLean v. People, 172 Colo. 338, 347, 473 P.2d 715, 719-20 (1970).