understands the rights being waived). Other decisions are regarded as strategie or tactical in nature, and final authority to make such decisions is reserved to defense counsel. "Defense counsel stands as captain of the ship in ascertaining what evidence should be offered and what strategy should be employed in the defense of the case." Steward v. People, 179 Colo. 31, 34, 498 P.2d 933, 934 (1972). Examples of such strategic decisions include "what witnesses to call (excepting the defendant), whether and how to conduct eross-examination, what jurors to accept or strike, and what trial motions to make." Curtis, 681 P.2d at 511. The attorney has the authority to make tactical decisions with which the client disagrees. See Moore v. People, 174 Colo. 570, 572, 485 P.2d 114, 115 (1971) (<HOLDING>). In this case, the court of appeals concluded
holding that a judges lengthy perjury warnings to a defense witness effectively drove the witness off the stand thereby denying the defendant his due process right to present his defense holding that defense counsel need only consult and be governed by his clients wishes when the question arises as to whether or not a plea of guilty should be entered trial by jury waived or whether the defendant should take the witness stand in his own defense holding that witness grand jury testimony was admissible when defendant waived his constitutional right of confrontation by making witness unavailable by threats to his life holding that defense counsel opened the door to the prosecutions questioning of the defendant about prior convictions when defense counsel asked a prosecution witness whether he was aware that the defendant was  a convicted felon holding that trial judges act of implying to jury that defense witnesses were lying his overly interrogative role in favor of prosecution his failure to rule on defense motions and multiple reprimands to defense counsel for speechmaking prejudiced jury against defense