Distracted Juror
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Appeals court reverses sex assault convictions due to juror who was distracted by traumatic event
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Colorado’s second-highest court last week reversed a man’s Boulder County sexual assault convictions and ordered a new trial because one juror was distracted after witnessing a fatal accident and missed key portions of testimony. A jury convicted Curtis James DiMarco in 2021 of numerous child sex offenses and he received a sentence of 60 years…