Author: Michael Karlik michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
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Colorado Supreme Court names William Hood as next chief justice
The Colorado Supreme Court has selected Justice William W. Hood III to be the next chief justice, the judicial branch announced last week. Hood will succeed Chief Justice Monica M. Márquez, who took over the role in July 2024. “I am honored by the confidence my colleagues have placed in me. Our judicial branch is…
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Colorado Supreme Court names William Hood as next chief justice
The Colorado Supreme Court has selected Justice William W. Hood III to be the next chief justice, the judicial branch announced last week. Hood will succeed Chief Justice Monica M. Márquez, who took over the role in July 2024. “I am honored by the confidence my colleagues have placed in me. Our judicial branch is…
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Colorado Supreme Court names William Hood as next chief justice
The Colorado Supreme Court has selected Justice William W. Hood III to be the next chief justice, the judicial branch announced on Friday. Hood will succeed Chief Justice Monica M. Márquez, who took over the role in July 2024. “I am honored by the confidence my colleagues have placed in me. Our judicial branch is…
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Appeals court upholds Park County trophy hunting conviction
Colorado’s second-highest court clarified on Thursday that a defendant may stand convicted under the state’s trophy hunting laws if he abandons a bear carcass but returns later to remove the meat. Under Colorado law, it is a felony to detach or remove the trophy parts of big game, such as the head or hide, “with…
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10th Circuit grants immunity to officers for fatal Manitou Springs shooting
The Denver-based federal appeals court ruled on Wednesday that responding officers from Manitou Springs and El Paso County cannot be held constitutionally liable for shooting and killing a man after a 20-minute standoff. Wilford Deweese allegedly pulled out a gun in self-defense at a Manitou Springs bar, prompting a call to 911. Officers cornered him…
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Colorado justices to decide insurance companies’ obligation to disclose relevant policies
The Colorado Supreme Court announced on Monday that it will decide whether an insurance company violated state law by withholding an at-fault driver’s policy for nearly a year when there was no dispute that the policy was not in effect at the time of the accident. At least three of the court’s seven members must…
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Colorado appeals judge’s delays in releasing opinions noted by performance commission
The citizen-led performance commission that provides guidance to voters about whether to retain members of Colorado’s second-highest court raised concerns by judges and attorneys that Judge Elizabeth L. Harris sometimes struggles with releasing opinions promptly. Harris, who joined the Court of Appeals in 2015 and who will appear alongside five other appellate judges on the…
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Fort Collins officers who allegedly used taser on unarmed man in underwear to face jury trial
A federal judge green-lit a jury trial this month against multiple Fort Collins police officers on claims that they used excessive force on one man who was standing unarmed in his underwear and retaliated against another man for exercising his First Amendment right to record video. Several Fort Collins police officers converged late one night…
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Colorado judge explores sanctions against DOJ, ICE for rearresting man 4 days after release on bond
A federal judge in Colorado is considering sanctions against the government after immigration agents rearrested a man four days after an immigration judge found him suitable for release on bond. On July 28, U.S. Magistrate Judge N. Reid Neureiter ordered the release of Feliciano Paulino Soares after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested him in…
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Federal judge rules that request for bond hearing not necessary to challenge immigration detention
A federal judge in Colorado ruled last week that it is not mandatory for a person to seek a bond hearing with an immigration judge before they challenge the lawfulness of their detention in federal court. For the past year, Colorado’s U.S. District Court has faced a flood of “habeas corpus” petitions from those in immigration detention.…