Tag: judge karl schock
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Ex-Dominion executive’s defamation claims may proceed against Trump campaign and supporters
Colorado’s second-highest court on Thursday agreed a former executive of Denver-based Dominion Voting Systems may proceed with his defamation lawsuit against Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and several prominent supporters who publicly accused him of rigging the 2020 election based on the unproven claims of a conservative podcaster. A three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals…
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Appeals judge trains fire on Colorado Supreme Court’s landmark restitution ruling
One member of Colorado’s second-highest court has mounted an unusual effort in recent weeks to broadcast his dissatisfaction with a state Supreme Court decision that resulted in scores of financial restitution orders to crime victims being overturned on appeal. In Colorado, when a convicted defendant is required to pay restitution, prosecutors typically must provide the…
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Recognizing ‘anomaly,’ appeals court says man with dismissed sex offense must continue sex offender registration
Colorado’s second-highest court last week concluded a man must continue his placement on the sex offender registry despite the dismissal of his sex offense charge – throwing the question to the legislature about whether and how to correct that unusual outcome. The issue before the Court of Appeals revolved around the treatment of a deferred judgment…