Tag: barry morphew
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Judge ups Barry Morphew’s bond to $10 million
Even if the suspect facing a first-degree murder charge in the death of his wife posts the bond, he’ll be confined to his home An Alamosa County district judge on Tuesday agreed to increase the bond on a murder suspect alleged to have killed his wife to $10 million. Twelfth Judicial District Judge Amanda Hopkins…
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Boulder sheriff’s deputies arrest Barry Morphew
Deputies arrested murder suspect Barry Morphew on an allegation of failure to comply, the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office confirmed Friday. Morphew, 59, faces a first-degree murder charge in Alamosa County in connection with the death of his wife Suzanne Morphew. She disappeared Mother’s Day weekend in 2020. Deputies arrested Morphew at 9:11 p.m. Thursday “on…
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Judge orders home confinement for Barry Morphew
An Alamosa County district judge has ordered home confinement for Barry Morphew, who is accused of murdering his wife. Barry Morphew, 59, faces a first-degree murder charge in the death of his wife, Suzanne Morphew, who disappeared Mother’s Day weekend in 2020. District Judge Amanda Hopkins had ordered Morphew to remain at home “at all…
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Prosecutor plans to enter physical abuse evidence in Barry Morphew murder trial
The prosecutor in the Barry Morphew murder trial told a judge on Monday that she plans to introduce evidence of physical abuse in the couple’s marriage, which ended when Suzanne Morphew disappeared on Mother’s Day in 2020. Morphew has been charged with first-degree murder in the case, which was originally set for trial in October.…
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Barry Morphew trial pushed back to 2027
Barry Morphew’s murder trial will not happen in October, as had been originally scheduled. Amanda Hopkins, 12th Judicial District judge in Alamosa, on Wednesday granted Morphew’s defense attorneys’ request for a continuance with apologies to Suzanne Morphew’s family, who objected to a postponement, alluding to the “unbelievable amount of information both sides are going through.”…
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State Supreme Court to hold oral arguments, federal judges find fault with bond hearings | COURT CRAWL
Welcome to Court Crawl, Colorado Politics’ roundup of news from the third branch of government. The state Supreme Court will resume hearing oral arguments tomorrow, plus some federal judges are raising the alarm about immigration judges’ handling of bond hearings. Oral argument calendar • The Colorado Supreme Court will hold oral arguments in six cases this…
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10th Circuit upholds dismissal of Barry Morphew’s civil lawsuit against prosecutors, investigators
The Denver-based federal appeals court agreed on Monday that Barry Morphew, who now stands accused for a second time of murdering his wife, failed to state viable claims against the government officials involved in his first, unsuccessful prosecution. Morphew was arrested in May 2021, almost a year after his wife, Suzanne Morphew, disappeared. State prosecutors…
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DA asks judge to deny request for Suzanne Morphew’s remains
Barry Morphew attempted to obtain and cremate dead wife’s remains before trial Prosecutors objected Wednesday to a request from the daughters of Suzanne Morphew to turn over her remains as her husband awaits trial for her murder. 12th Judicial District Attorney Anne Kelly said in a motion that because Suzanne Morphew’s remains were lawfully obtained…
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Barry Morphew pleads not guilty to murder charge
ALAMOSA — The Colorado man accused of killing his wife and leaving her body in a remote field in the San Luis Valley entered a plea to a murder charge on Monday and the judge set a trial date for October. Barry Morphew pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and 12th Judicial District Chief Court…
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Judge in Barry Morphew case rules to limit pre-trial publicity
ALAMOSA — Barry Morphew, the Colorado man accused of killing his wife and leaving her body in a remote field in the San Luis Valley, will likely face trial next summer. During a brief hearing in the case Monday, his attorney David Beller told 12th Judicial District Chief Court Judge Amanda Hopkins that his team…