People v. Simmons

The articles complained of appeared in both Denver newspapers. The first -- one in each of the papers -- related to the arrest of the defendant and an accomplice following a high speed chase and crash, which resulted in the death of a prominent Denver business figure. They were published six months before the trial. The second of the articles -- again published in each of the newspapers -- four months before defendants trial, was a factual and unspectacular recital of a jury verdict finding defendant guilty of vehicular homicide in connection with the high speed chase crash which killed the prominent businessman. Finally, after the jury panel had been sworn for the trial involved in this appeal, articles appeared which reported the conviction of this defendants accomplice. This latter article only mentioned the defendant coincidentally.