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Appeals court reverses another Adams County conviction due to faulty analogy
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Colorado’s second-highest court on Thursday reversed another defendant’s criminal conviction in Adams County because the trial judge explained the concept of reasonable doubt to jurors using an analogy that lowered the prosecution’s burden of proof. A three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals deemed it a “close question,” but ultimately ordered a new trial for Tylor…


