Rules of Evidence Committee

The purpose of the Rules of Evidence Committee is to periodically review, correct, update, and improve the Rules of Evidence.

Meeting Materials 

December 8, 2023

• Agenda

December 2, 2022

• Agenda Packet
• Minutes

February 26, 2021

• Agenda
• FRE 404
• People v. Williams
• FRE 803
• 2016-05-07 Evidence Rules Report to the Standing Committee
• CO and Fed Ancient Doc Rules
• Minutes

December 4, 2020

• Agenda
• Forfeiture by Wrongdoing
• Gonzales v. People 
• Minutes

November 1, 2019

• Agenda
• 2016-5-7 Evidence Rules Report to the Standing Committee
• Case Table
• Grimm
• Karrison
• Lampley
• Levy Haried
• Minutes

May 10, 2019

• Agenda
• Attachment: Memo re FRE 902(13) and (14) amendments
• How Two New Rules for Self-Authentication Will Save You Time and Money
• Minutes 

November 9, 2018

• Agenda
• FRE 803
• Minutes

September 8, 2017

• Agenda
  • Attachments
    • Federal Rules business:
      • FRE 803(16) & 902(13) & (14)
  • CRE 606(b) materials:
    • Subcommittee Report
    • Reported Colorado 606(b) Decisions
    • Federal Committee Minutes April 21 2017
    • Capra Memo
• Minutes

October 30, 2015

• Agenda
• Minutes

May 8, 2015

• Agenda
• Minutes

October 24, 2014

• Agenda
• Minutes

October 4, 2013

• Agenda
• Minutes

Members of the Committee

• Justice Carlous A. Samour, Jr., Liaison - Colorado Supreme Court
• Judge Rebecca R. Freyre, Chair - Colorado Court of Appeals
• David R. DeMuro - Vaughan & DeMuro
• Judge Stephanie Dunn - Colorado Court of Appeals
• Judge Sean Finn - 17th Judicial District
• Judge Melina Hernandez - Arapahoe County Court
• Rick Lee - Denver District Attorney's Office
• Luke McConnell - Mulligan Breit McConnell, LLC
• Professor Christopher B. Mueller - University of Colorado School of Law
• Norman Mueller - Haddon, Morgan & Foreman
• Chief Judge Gilbert M. Román - Court of Appeals
• Corelle Spettigue - Office of the Colorado Attorney General
• Professor Karen Steinhauser - University of Denver Sturm College of Law 
• Judge Juan G. Villaseñor - 8th Judicial District
• Lisa Weisz - Colorado State Public Defender, Appellate Division
• Judge Shay Whitaker - 18th Judicial District