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Bob Autobe e i s l e g a l l y e n t i t l e d t o e x p r e s s h i s vie wsa t t h e s e n t e n c i n g h e a r i n g o n t h ea p p r o p r i a t e s e n t e n c e f o r anyc o n v i c t i o n i n c o n n e c t i o n w i t h t h e murderofBob'sson, r i c . T h ep r o s e c u t i o n , which i s l e g a l l y r e q u i r e d t o p r o t e c t v i c t i m s r i g h t s t o e x p r e s s t h e i r o p i n i o n s a ts e n t e n c i n g h e a r i n g s , i s s h i r k i n g t h a t duty a n dv i o l a t i n g Colo radola wi n t s z e a l t o o b t a i n t h ed e a t h p e n a l t y . T h e Court s h o u l d p r o t e c t v i c t i m r i g h t s and o v e r r u l e t h e p r o s e c u t i o n s o b j e c t i o n st o s e n t e n c i n g t e s t i m o n y by BobAutobe e a nd h i s f a m i l y members .


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I n t r o d u c t i o nEleveny e a r s ago ob A u t o b e e s s o n , r i c , was i l l e d a t t h e t e n d e r ageof 3 . That e a t h ,

f o r which n op a r e n t c o u l d bep r e p a r e d , t r a u m a t i z e d Bob ,i s w i f e L o l a , h i s b r o t h e r S c o t t , andt h ee n t i r e Autobeef a m i l y .

ob wouldl i k e any u r y c o n s i d e r i n g t h e a p p r o p r i a t e p e n a l t y f o r E r i c s k i l l e r t o kn o wwh oE r i c t r u l y was and how h i s l o s s h a s impacted t h e A u t o b e e s . T h e Autobees l o v e d E r i c d e e p l y ,and now re m e m b e r h im f o r h i s p e a c e-l o v i n g n a t u r e , h i s l o v e oft h e o u t d o o r s , and h i s i n n a t ed e s i r e t o f i n d m o m e n t sofcalmwh e n h u n t i n g o r f i s h i n g . E r i c was ag e n t l e s o u l whowouldh o l dBob s handseven wh e n he was i n h i s 2 0 s . E r i c s t a r t e d h i s c a r e e r i n t h e c u l i n a r y a r t s and t h e n ,l i k e Bob,be cam e a p r i s o n c o r r e c t i o n s o f f i c e r . D e s p i t e t h e i n h u m a n i t y hesawaxoundh im , r i cwould n o t speakd i s d a i n f u l l y ofi n m a t e s , b u t , i n s t e a d , r e c o g n i z e d t h e i r h u m a n d i g n i t y . E r i ca c c o m p l i s h e d m u c h i n h i s s h o r t time on e a r t h es a v e d t h r e e l i v e s b e f o r e he d i e d utm i s s e d o u t on even more . I t p a i n s t h e Autobees t o c o n s i d e r t h e m a n y m i l e s t o n e s i n E r i c s l i f et h a t might have o c c u r r e d were he s t l l a l i v e , i n c l u d i n g m a r r i a g e , c h i l d r e n , and c a r e e radvancement.

T h e cri me a f f e c t e d t h e Autobeesn o t j u s t b e c a u s e of h e i r b e l o v e d s o n s l o s s , b u t a l s ob e c a u s e of who h e y be cam e a f t e r t h i s l o s s . A f t e r E r i c s d e a t h , t h e i r wa rm f e e l i n g s of o v e t h a tE r i c always n u r t u r e d q u i c k l y t u r n e d i n t o c o l d f e e l i n g s ofvengeance and v i o l e n c e . O r i g i n a l l y ,t h e Autobees f e r v e n t l y s u p p o r t e d t h e p r o s e c u t i o n s e f f o r t s t o s e e k a b s o l u t e r e t r i b u t i o n . Overt i m e , howeve r, andw i t h r e f l e c t i o n , t h e y r e a l i z e d t h a t E r i c would n o t havewa nted t h i s f o r h i m s e l fo r f o r the m ; r i c woul dn o t havewa nted som eon e k i l l e d i n h i s n am e , or wouldhe have wa ntedh i s f a m i l y t o l i v e i n t h e d a r k n e s s of a t r e d . Th e Autobees kn o w t h i s b e c a u s e t h e y kn o whowE r i c l i v e d : byl o v i n g l i f e s a v i n g l i v e s , and e x t e n d i n g m e rcy t o t h e m e r c i l e s s .

T h e e f f e c t oft h e c r i m e on t h e Autobeesc a n n o t bes e p a r a t e d from t h i s ongoing d e a t hp e n a l t y p r o s e c u t i o n . obandh i s f a m i l y have foundh e a l i n g i n t h e f o r g i v e n e s s t h a t t h e y havee x t e n d e d t o t h e i r s o n s k i l l e r . Howe v e r, h e p r o s e c u t i o n s t r i v e s t o f o r e v e r un do t h i s h e a l i n g bys e e k i n g t o avengeonek i l l i n g w i t h a n o t h e r , o v e r t h e f a m i l y s p l e a s f o r mercy. For t h e Autobeef a m i l y , a d e a t h s e n t e n c e andt h e accompanyingy e a r s ofi t i g a t i o n , a l l s u p p o s e d l y done i n t h e i rs o n s n am e ,woul d r o b t he m ofp e a c e . F o r , i n t h e e y e s of s o c i e t y , t h e i r s o n s n a m e f o r e v e rwoul dbe a s s o c i a t e d w i t h c r u e l t y and v i o l e n c e , r a t h e r t h a n t h e h u m a n d i g n i t y andm e rcy hee m bodiedi n l i f e .

D i s c u s s i o nT h e p r o s e c u t i o n s a t t e m p t t o m uzzlet h e Autobeesfrom e x p r e s s i n g t h e i r o p i n i o n a t a

s e n t e n c i n g h e a r i n g v i o l a t e s Coloradol a w . I n d e e d , a s r e f l e c t e d i n t h e f i r s t p r o c e e d i n g , t h e r ewoul d be n oa t t e m p t t o s i l e n c e t h e Autobees i f t h e y a g r e e d w i t h t h e p r o s e c u t i o n . C o l o r a d o lawsp r o t e c t i n g a v i c t i m s r i g h t s a r e n e i t h e r sy mbolicn o r e n a c t e d f o r p r o s e c u t o r i a l b e n e f i t , b u t t o


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p r o v i d e a c t u a l p r o t e c t i o n f o r v i c t i m s . And h e c o n t e n t of av i c t i m ' s o p i n i o n s never s h o u l d beusedas a i t m u s t e s t f o r p r o v i d i n g t h i s p r o t e c t i o n .

Ev e n h e p r o s e c u t i o n a p p e a r s t o conced e h a t v i c t i m s i n a a p i t a l p r o c e e d i n g may n f o r mt h e j u r y of h e har mt h e y have s u f f e r e d fr om t h e o f f e n s e . In t s z e a l t o aven ge E r i c Autobee'sd e a t h with a n o t h e r d e a t h , howe v er ,t h e p r o s e c u t i o n s e e k s t o b l o c k t h e A u tob e e f a m i l y fr ome x p r e s s i n g t o t h e j u r y t h e i r o p i n i o n s on h e a p p r o p r i a t e s e n t e n c e . The i n e a t t e m p t e d t o b e d r aw nb y t h e p r o s e c u t i o n c o n t r a d i c t s e x p r e s s s t a t u t o r y p r o v i s i o n s an di g n o r e s t h e har m t h i s c o n t i n u e dc a p i t a l p r o s e c u t i o n i s c a u s i n g t h e Autob ees.

I . The rosecution I s V i o l a t i n g ColoradoProvisions P r o t e c t i n g Vict im R i g h t s .The General A s s e mb lyhas sou ght o a s s u r e t h a t a l l v i c t i m s of crimesa r e ho nore d an d

p r o t e c t e d b y p r o s e c u t o r s [ ] an d judge s i n amann e r n ol e s s v i g o r o u s t h a n t h e p r o t e c t i o na f f o r d e d t o c r i m i n a l d e f e n d a n t s . C.R.S. 24- 4 . 1 - 3 0 1 . mong t h e Ri ght s afforded t ovictims s [ t ] h e r i g h t t o b e h e a r d a t an y o u r t proceeding n whi ch h e d e f e n d a n t c o n v i c t e d ofacri me a g a i n s t t h e v i c t i m i s s e n t e n c e d . 4-4 . 1 -3 0 2 . 5 ( 1 ) ( d ) . In a r t i c u l a r , [ t ] h e v i c t i m of an ycrime or ar e l a t i v e of h e v i c t i m , i f t h e v i c t i m hasd i e d , hast h e r i g h t t o a t t e n d a l l s e n t e n c i n gproce edings e s u l t i n g fr oma o n v i c t i o n of a i d cr imeund er an ylaw s ofh i s s t a t e . 6- 1 1 - 6 0 1(e mp has is a d d e d ) .

r ime v i c t i m has t h e r i g h t t o a p p e a r , p e r s o n a l l y o r w i t h c o u n s e l , a t t h e s e n t e n c i n gp r o c e e d i n g and t o a d e q u a t e l y an dr e a s o n a b l y e x p r e s s h i s o r h e r v i e w s e g a r d i n g t h e t y p e ofs e n t e n c e which should be imp os e d b yt h e c o u r t . I d . (emp hasisa d d e d ) . Un d e r Coloradolaw,p r o s e c u t o r s a r e r e q u i r e d t o s u p p o r tnotp pos et hi s i g h t b y i n f o r t n [ i n g ] eachv i c t i m o f l h i so r h e r r i g h t t o express an o p i n i o n a t t h e s e n t e n c i n g h e a r i n g ofan ys e n t e n c e propos ed t o t h ec o u r t f o r c o n s i d e r a t i o n . 24- 4 . 1 -303(12) emp has isa d d e d ) . This p r o v i s i o n e x p l i c i t l y a p p l i e st o p o t e n t i a l f i r s t - d e g r e e mu r d e r c o n v i c t i o n s . S e e4-4 . 1 -3 0 2 ( 1 ) ( a ) i n c l u d i n g [m]urder i n t h ef i r s t de gree n t h e a p p l i c a b l e d e f i n i t i o n of crime ) . I n a a p i t a l c a s e , t h i s s e n t e n c i n g h e a r i n go c c u r s w he n c o n s i d e r i n g whether t h e d e f e n d a n t s h o u l d be s e n t e n c e d t o d e a t h o r l i f eimp risonme nt. 8- 1 . 3 - 1 2 0 1 ( 1 ) ( a ) .

S e c t i o n 24-4 . 1 -3 0 2 . 5 ( 1 ) ( d ) , whi ch r e q u i r e s t h e v i c t i m t o b e h e a r d a t s e n t e n c i n gp r o c e e d i n g s , r e f l e c t s a e g i s l a t i v e d e t e r m i n a t i o n a s t o w he n a i c t i m ' s i n p u t w ou ld be e l e v a n t .G an s z v . Peop le, 8 8 8 P.2d 256,258 (Col o. 1 9 9 5 ) . A c c o r d i n g l y , t h e r e i s n o m e r i t t o t h ep r o s e c u t i o n ' s c o n t e n t i o n t h a t s e c t i o n 1 8 - 1 . 3 - 1 2 0 1 ( 1 ) ( b ) l i m i t s t h e r i g h t of Bob Autobe ean dh i sfamily o sp eak a t t h e s e n t e n c i n g h e a r i n g ; i n d e e d , h a t l a t t e r s e c t i o n g e n e r a l l y a l l o w s p r e s e n t a t i o nofr e l e v a n t e v i d e n c e .

Be cau s e Colorado law e x p r e s s l y g r a n t s Bob Au tobe e t h e r i g h t t o e x p r e s s h i s s e n t e n c i n go p i n i o n , t h e p r o s e c u t i o n m i s p l a c e s r e l i a n c e on ou t-of- s t a t e c a s e s l i m i t i n g a i c t i m ' s r i g h t s basedon e l e v a n c e . S e e G r e e n e . S t a t e , 7 . W.3d 579, 8 5 Ar k . 20 01) [T] he s s u e c ome s down ow he the r t h e p r o f f e r e d e v i d e n c e from t h e v i c t i m ' s w i f e ] i s r e l e v a n t (emp hasis o m i t t e d ) ) ; Com.


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v . Bomar, 826A.2d831,852(Pa. 2003) c o n c l u d i n g t h a t e v i d e n c e t h a t a memberoft h ev i c t i m ' s f a m i l y i s opposed t o t h e d e a t h p e n a l t y i s i r r e l e v a n t u n d e r P e n n s y l v a n i a ' s c a p i t a ls e n t e n c i n g s cheme b e c a u s e i t was n o t a u t h o r i z e d under4 a . C . S . 7 1 1 ( e ) ) . S i m i l a r l y , t h ep r o s e c u t i o n m i s p l a c e s r e l i a n c e on o u t- o f- s t a t e c a s e s d i s c u s s i n g t h e r i g h t s of t h e d e f e n d a n t ' sp a r e n t s , f r i e n d s , an d a s s o c i a t e s . See, . g . , T a y l o r v . S t a t e , 666So.2d 36, 51 ( A l a . Cri m. Ap p .1 9 9 4 ) ; W a l l a c e v . S t a t e , 282 . E . 2 d 325, 33Ga. 9 8 1 ) ; S t a n f o r d . Com., 34 S .W.2d 781, 89( Ky. 1 9 8 7 ) . The p r o s e c u t i o n a l s o c i t e s Robison v . Mayn ard, 829 F . 2 d 1501,150 5 ( l O t C i r .1 9 8 7 ) , o v e r r u l e d byRomano . Gibs on,239 . 3 d 1156 1 0 t h C i r . 2 0 0 1 ) , o a r g u e t h a t v i c t i m s a r en e v e r p e r m i t t e d t o o f f e r t e s t i m o n y on t h e p e r s o n a l imp actof a p i t a l s e n t e n c i n g . Howev er, h eTenth i r c u i t c l a r i f i e d i n l a t e r l i t i g a t i o n t h a t i t s h o l d i n g i n Robison was i m i t e d t o t h e c o n t e x t ofOklahoma l a w . Robisonv . Maynard,943F . 2 d 1216, 1217 1 0 t h C i r . 1 9 9 1 ) . AndOklahomalawi n 1987 d i d n o t p r o v i d e t h e b r o a d p r o t e c t i o n s f o r c r i m e v i c t i m s c u r r e n t l y foundu n d e rColorad olaw .See1993 O k l a . S e s s . Lawe r v . C h. 25 S.B. 451) e n a c t i n g Oklahoma i c t i m ' sR i g h t s Act ,f f e c t i v e Sep tember 1 , 1 9 9 3 ) .

The r e s e n t i s s u e i n v o l v e s t h e r i g h t s of r i m e v i c t i m sn ot ,s i n t h e s e o u t- o f- s t a t e c a s e s ,a i g h t of a d e f e n d a n t , mu ch e s s an y n t e r e s t of h e p r o s e c u t i o n . Colorado s e t s i t s e l f a p a r t fromt h e s e o t h e r s t a t e s by conveyingc o n s t i t u t i o n a l r i g h t s t o v i c t i m s t o beh e a r d a t a l l c r i t i c a l s t a g e s ofa r i m i n a l p r o c e e d i n g . C o l o . C o n s t . a r t I I 6 a . U n l i k e t h e s e o t h e r s t a t e s , C o l o r a d o p a s s e d t h eV i c t i m ' s R i g h t S t a t u t e , i n whichou rG e n e r a l Assembly has e t e r m i n e d t h a t t h e v i c t i m ' s o p i n i o n sa r e r e l e v a n t t o s e n t e n c i n g p r o c e e d i n g s . Gansz, 88 P.2d a t 258.

Here, wh ereBob Au tobeean dh i s f a m i l y wish o u r g e t h e j u r y a g a i n s t any u r t h e r k i l l i n g ,t h e r e i s n o c o n f l i c t between t h e r i g h t s Colorad o a c c o r d s c r i m e v i c t i m s and any o t h e rc o n s t i t u t i o n a l r i g h t s . The r o s e c u t i o n i s wron g o s u g g e s t t h a t v i c t i m t e s t i m o n y a b o u t t h e imp actof a p i t a l s e n t e n c i n g n e c e s s a r i l y v i o l a t e s t h e E i g h t h Amen d men t . Casessoh o l d i n g , . g . S t a t e v .Gardner, 789 . 2 d 273, 286 Utah 1 9 8 9 ) ; S t a t e v . P i r t l e , 904P.2d 245,269 Was h.1 9 9 5 ) , r e l yon Booth . Maryland,482U.S.496,508-09 1 9 8 7 ) , o v e r r u l e d by P ayn e . T e n n e s s e e , 50 1U.S.808 1 9 9 1 ) . I t i s u n c l e a r w h e t h e r Booth s s t l l good l a w . C omp are Ware . S t a t e , 759 A.2d764,783 Md.000) , i t h L e d b e t t e r v . S t a t e , 933P.2d 880, 90- 9 1 (Okla. 9 9 7 ) . Bu t h a t i s s u e i s n o tp r e s e n t e d h e r e , b e c a u s e n o i g h t h Amen dmen t i g h t of e f e n d a n t i s i m p l i c a t e d .

Thep r o s e c u t i o n ' s argument t u r n s t h e C o n s t i t u t i o n on t s h e a d . TheS u p reme C o u r t , i nc o n t r a s t , h a s n e v e r s u g g e s t [ e d ] t h a t t h e d e c i s i o n t o a f f o r d an i n d i v i d u a l d e f e n d a n t merc yv i o l a t e s t h e C o n s t i t u t i o n . Greg g . G e o r g i a , 428U.S.153, 199 1 9 7 6 ) .

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t h e C o n s t i t u t i o n , wrongly i m p l i e s t h a t i m p o s i t i o n oft h e d e a t h p e n a l t y wouldn o t harm BobAu tobee o r h i s f a m i l y . Whilec o n c e d i n g t h a t a v i c t i m may r e s e n t t e s t i m o n y oft h e harm t h a tt h e v i c t i m has s u s t a i n e d a s a e s u l t of h e c r i m e , 24-4 . 1 -3 0 2 . 5 ( 2 ) ( g ) , t h e p r o s e c u t i o n i g n o r e s

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t h a t t h e harmb e i n g c a u s e d by i t s u n y i e l d i n g p u r s u i t of a p e n a l t y t h a t v i o l a t e s t h e Autobeef a m i l y ' s b e l i e f sinh e name ofh e i r deads onand a m i l y me mbe r.

[ S ] u r v i v o r s a r e t h e ones most d i r e c t l y a f f e c t e d byt h e c r i m e and s o c i e t y ' s r e s p o n s e t oi t . M a r i l y n P e t e r s o n A rmour Mark . Umbreit, s s e s s i n g t h e Impact of h e U l t i m a t e PenalS a n c t i o n on Homicide S u r v i v o r s : ATwo t a t e Comparison, 96Marq. L.Rev. , 27 2 0 1 2 ) . T h i scrimeh a s r e s u l t e d i n an e l e v e n- y e a r p u r s u i t of h e d e a t h p e n a l t y , whichh a s i n f l i c t e d i n t e n s eharm on t h e Autobeef a m i l y . The yhavebe en u n a b l e t o r e c o v e r and h e a l b e c a u s e ofr e p e t i t i v ec o n f r o n t a t i o n s w i t h t h e c r i m i n a l j u s t i c e s s y s t e m , whichp s y c h o l o g i c a l and s o c i o l o g i c a l s t u d i e sa g r e e d i s r u p t t h e r e c o v e r y of i c t i m s . M a r g a r e t V a n d i v e r , Th e Impacto f h e DeathP e n a l t y ont h e F a m i l i e s o f Homicide V i c t i m s and o f C ond e mne d P r i s o n e r s , i n America's Experiment w i t hC a p i t a l Puni shment:R e f l e c t i o n s ont h e P a s t , P r e s e n t , and u t u r e o f h e U l t i m a t e Penal a n c t i o n477, 84 James R. cker t a l . e d s . , 1 9 9 8 ) .

F u r t h e r , t h e Autobee a m i l y has x p e r i e n c e d t h e i mme ns e harmc a u s e d , n o t o n l y from t h es p e c t e r of h e d e a t h p e n a l t y b e i n g imposed, u t a l s o i t s l a c k ofany h e a l i n g p o t e n t i a l . A rmou rUmbreit, u p r a , a t 85. T h i s harm h a s been e x a c e r b a t e d by h e l a c k of o s i t i v e r e l a t i o n s h i p s w i t ht h e p r o s e c u t i o n t h r o u g h o u t t h e s e p r o c e e d i n g s , l e a d i n g t o a r e a t e r d i s s a t i s f a c t i o n w i t h t h e j u s t i c es y s t e m . See i d . ( n o t i n g t h a t p o s i t i v e r e l a t i o n s h i p s w i t h keys t a k e h o l d e r s , i n c l u d i n g t h ep r o s e c u t i o n team, e c r e a s e s g r i e f andl o s s . These f a i l u r e s haveg r e a t l y compound e d t h e harms u f f e r e d by h e Autobeesa s a e s u l t of h i s c r i m e .

Because t h e Autobee f a m i l y ' s b e l i e f s c o n f l i c t w i t h t h e p r o s e c u t i o n ' s a g e n d a , t h ep r o s e c u t i o n h a s r e l e g a t e d [them] o t h e s t a t u s of e c o n d - c l a s s v i c t i m s . Robert Renny Cushing usannah S h e f f e r , D i g n i t y Denied: TheE x p e r i e n c e o f Mu rd e r V i c t i m s ' Family Me mbe rs w hoOppose t h e DeathP e n a l t y 2 0 0 2 ) . I n c o n t r a s t t o t h e d e f e n d a n t ' s f i r s t t r i a l , t h e Autobeef a m i l yhas been m a r g i n a l i z e d and mad e l l - b u t-i n v i s i b l e i n t h e s e p r o c e e d i n g s , s o l e l y b e c a u s e t h e f a m i l yd i v e r g e d from t h e p r o s e c u t i o n ' s u n i t a r y d e s i r e t o s e e k t h e d e a t h p e n a l t y . T h i s i s s a d l y c o n s i s t e n tw i t h t h e g e n e r a l e x p e r i e n c e ofmurderv i c t i m s whos er i g h t s a r e i g n o r e d w he nt h e i r i n t e r e s t sd i v e r g e from t h o s e of h e p r o s e c u t i o n . See i d . ; c f S usan Band es,V i c t i m S t a n d i n g , 1999 U tahL.Rev.331, 3 33-34(1999) [T] he s o r t s of i c t i m i n i t i a t i v e s t h a t havebeen s u c c e s s f u l have beent h o s e , and o n l y t h o s e , t h a t advancet h e p r o s e c u t i o n ' s owna g e n d a . ) . Throug ht h e i r r e l e n t l e s sf i x a t i o n on h e d e a t h p e n a l t y , t h e p r o s e c u t i o n r e p e a t e d l y h a s i g n o r e d t h e f a m i l y ' s w i s h e s , h e r e b ya l l o w i n g t h e p r o s e c u t i o n ' s p o l i c y n o t i o n s t o t a k e p r e c e d e n c e o v e r t h e p e r s o n a l ne eds of h ef a m i l y . M a r i l y n P e t e r s o n Armour, Journey o f FamilyMe mbe rs o f Homici de V i c t i m s : AQ u a l i t a t i v e Study o f h e i r P o s t h o m i c i d e E x p e r i e n c e , 72Am.. O r t h o p s y c h i a t r y 372, 792 0 0 2 ) .

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