Tag: boulder county
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Colorado justices allow sentences of probation after prison, even though prison-plus-probation illegal
Even though the Colorado Supreme Court ruled five years ago that sentences of prison plus probation are illegal, the justices decided on Monday that judges were permitted to fix those sentences by imposing basically the same punishment. In its 2019 decision of Allman v. People, the Supreme Court ruled that state law treats probation as an…
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Colorado justices say child welfare workers not required to give Miranda warning before interrogating parents
The Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Monday that child welfare workers are not required to give a Miranda warning to parents before interrogating them in custody, even if the interview or the notes will later be shared with prosecutors and used against the parent at trial. Miranda warnings, named after the landmark U.S. Supreme Court…
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Appeals court clarifies path for claiming lawyer was constitutionally ineffective in contempt proceedings
Colorado’s second-highest court on Thursday clarified that people who are held in contempt of court do have a way to challenge their convictions based on their lawyer’s allegedly ineffective assistance. The U.S. Supreme Court has long recognized that a convicted defendant may argue their constitutional rights were violated because their attorney’s performance was objectively unreasonable in a…
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Colorado justices weigh constitutional implications of livestreaming criminal trials
With the Sixth Amendment guaranteeing criminal defendants the right to a public trial, members of the Colorado Supreme Court grappled on Tuesday with a question that may have never arisen without a global pandemic: If a judge requires spectators to watch the trial remotely, is there a constitutional violation? In a pair of cases stemming…
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Colorado justices to hear cases on defendant who blamed mom, car rental companies as insurers
The Colorado Supreme Court announced last week that it will analyze whether a person can be convicted of attempting to influence a public servant when they enlist another party to perform the deceit, and whether vehicle rental companies can be held legally liable as insurers when they choose to offer insurance policies. At least three…
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Boulder County prosecutors’ evidence insufficient for attempted murder charges, appeals court agrees
Colorado’s second-highest court agreed last week that Boulder County prosecutors fell short of demonstrating a man likely attempted extreme indifference murder against multiple SWAT officers when he set off an explosion in his hotel room, causing window damage without any injuries. Prosecutors charged Leon Kiyoshi Gladwell with attempted extreme indifference murder. Under Colorado law, a person…
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Colorado justices to examine whether alleged victim’s ‘dream journal’ should be barred from trial
The Colorado Supreme Court signaled last week that it may intervene in an ongoing prosecution out of Boulder County in which a trial judge has prohibited prosecutors from using an alleged sex assault victim’s childhood journal at trial, containing evidence of her abuse. One week before Mark Allan Hochwender was scheduled to face trial on…
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Colorado Supreme Court wary of requiring child welfare workers to give Miranda warnings prior to interrogations
Members of the Colorado Supreme Court seemed hesitant on Wednesday to endorse the idea that child welfare workers must provide a Miranda warning before interrogating a parent in custody, even if the conversation will later be used in a criminal prosecution. The state’s Court of Appeals previously upheld the murder convictions of two men, both…
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How Colorado regions voted: Front Range for Harris, rural counties for Trump | Cronin and Loevy
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado maintained its position as among the most Democratic Party-oriented states in the 2024 presidential election. Democratic candidate Kamala Harris defeated Republican candidate Donald Trump by 11 percentage points in Colorado. She won about 54%…
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How Colorado regions voted: Front Range for Harris, rural counties for Trump | Cronin and Loevy
Colorado maintained its position as among the most Democratic Party-oriented states in the 2024 presidential election. Democratic candidate Kamala Harris defeated Republican candidate Donald Trump by 11 percentage points in Colorado. She won about 54% of the vote, a little more than Obama’s nearly 54% in 2008 and slightly less than Joe Biden’s 55% four…