Tag: constitution
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10th Circuit finds no constitutional violation from warrantless arrest in man’s front yard
The federal appeals court based in Denver agreed on Wednesday that Greeley police did not violate the U.S. Constitution by walking onto a man’s front yard and pulling him out of his vehicle for a traffic infraction without a warrant. The Fourth Amendment generally requires law enforcement to obtain a warrant before conducting searches and…
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Boulder County judge wasn’t obligated to bail out self-represented defendant, appeals court rules
Colorado’s second-highest court concluded last month that a criminal defendant in Boulder County was not unfairly forced to choose between his rights to a speedy trial and to an attorney, and, when he elected to go without an attorney, the trial judge was not obligated to save him from his own poor performance. Jurors convicted Timothy…
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Federal judge dismisses challenge to ‘frustrating’ delays in sex offender treatment behind bars
A federal judge recently dismissed an incarcerated man’s challenge to his lack of sex offender treatment in the Colorado Department of Corrections, despite having no idea when he will have access to that mandatory component of his criminal sentence. U.S. District Court Senior Judge William J. Martínez determined David A. Wismer III did not sufficiently allege…
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A bird’s eye view of Marksheffel Road development hotspots
Drone footage of the intersections of Woodmen and Marksheffel roads and Marksheffel Road and Constitution Avenue where new commercial and residential developments are being built. (Video by Parker Seibold)