Court Opinion

ID: 9845773
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 03:28:02.303433+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:16:21.428987
License: Public Domain

Springer, J.,
dissenting:
Andrews himself introduced the evidence of intoxication. That he should have made this honest disclosure early in the trial was honorable and probably tactically defensible irrespective of the trial court’s ruling on the motion in limine. In any event, counsel for Andrews made this tactical decision to introduce the subject of his client’s intoxication, and a party “cannot assert that his own counsel’s tactical decisions amount to reversible error.” Newland v. Holland, 624 P.2d 933, 935 (Colo.Ct.App. 1981).
If there is any error in this case, it was invited by Andrews. I would leave undisturbed the jury’s verdict.