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Lakewood elementary school sale injunction pushed until next week

Updated 23 hours ago

The Lakewood land swap with the Action Center has been pushed back again following the trial between a local attorney and the city. The Lakewood...

Denver suspect from viral ‘No Kings’ video raising legal funds

Updated 2 days ago

The man arrested in connection to the viral Denver “No Kings” protest video has raised more than $4,000 in legal funds. The video — filmed by Drew Kartos —...

Nebraska says Colorado is stealing its water

Updated 2 days ago

The fight over Nebraska’s attempt to seize privately-owned land in northeastern Colorado persisted this week, with Nebraska accusing Colorado of stealing its water in a...

10th Circuit finds judge improperly imposed 25-year mandatory minimum for kidnapping

Updated 2 days ago

The Denver-based federal appeals court concluded on Tuesday that a judge incorrectly believed he had to sentence a defendant convicted of kidnapping to the 25-year...

Federal judge awards $10,000 to Supermax prisoner for guard’s use of force

Updated 2 days ago

Colorado justices ponder whether rental car companies are also ‘insurers’

Updated 2 days ago

Judge tosses request for JonBenet murder investigative materials

Updated 3 days ago

Michael Clark murder defense seeks to link case to JonBenét investigation ‘mistakes’

Updated 4 days ago

Report: Colorado’s federal trial court sees time to trial tick up, magistrate judge consent remain low

Updated 4 days ago

Officers cleared in Broomfield hostage standoff shooting

Updated 7 days ago

Jury finds Colorado man not guilty of felony animal cruelty in Adams County cockfighting case

Updated 1 week ago

10th Circuit rejects assortment of legal theories challenging workplace vaccine mandates

Updated 1 week ago

Colorado justices consider whether man can be convicted for convincing mom to lie for him

Updated 1 week ago

‘Mental gymnastics’: Lawyers, judge dissect Colorado Supreme Court’s racial bias rule for jury selection

Updated 2 weeks ago

Judge orders noncitizen released from immigration detention, finds government misapplied law

Updated 2 weeks ago

A federal judge concluded the government was likely wrong to detain a noncitizen without the chance for a release hearing, and ordered him to be...

Appeals court finds Denver jury convicted man for possessing more fentanyl than evidence showed

Updated 2 weeks ago

Colorado’s second-highest court on Thursday concluded a Denver jury convicted a defendant of a felony for possessing more than four grams of an illegal substance...

Colorado justices decide pre-2025 law did not criminalize AI-generated child porn

Updated 2 weeks ago

Colorado law prior to 2025 did not criminalize, as a means of sexually exploiting a child, the use of artificial intelligence to generate nude images...

‘Literally dangerous’: Colorado’s chief justice speaks about dangers to judiciary from threats, rhetoric

Updated 2 weeks ago

Chief Justice Monica M. Márquez told an audience of lawyers and judges on Wednesday that “any action” that inappropriately fosters distrust in the judiciary is...

Plaintiffs ask for over $13 million in damages from former DPD officer for 2022 shooting into LoDo crowd

Updated 2 weeks ago

Two men sentenced in killing of Wheat Ridge jewelry store owner

Updated 3 weeks ago

Man pleads guilty to vehicular homicide in Golden officer’s death

Updated 3 weeks ago

Colorado Supreme Court committee debates tenant-friendly eviction proposal

Updated 3 weeks ago

3 guilty verdicts in separate Denver murder cases last week

Updated 3 weeks ago

Colorado justices decide pre-2025 law did not criminalize AI-generated child porn

Updated 3 weeks ago

Federal judge dismisses lawsuit against Olympic SafeSport over misconduct-related restrictions

Updated 3 weeks ago

Denver man sentenced after being found with over 11 pounds of cocaine, guns

Updated 3 weeks ago

Federal judge finds fire chief violated due process rights of ex-employee in Boulder-Weld district

Updated 3 weeks ago

Federal judge to government: Shutdown not an excuse for delaying noncitizen’s challenge to detention

Updated 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court is skeptical of Colorado’s ‘conversion therapy’ ban

Updated 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court justices grilled lawyers for Colorado on Tuesday over the state’s argument that counselors giving talk therapy should be subjected to the same medical regulations...

Roybal-Smith denied bail in connection with Aurora double homicide

Updated 3 weeks ago

A man accused of fatally stabbing two men over 100 times in Aurora in late June was denied bail by an Adams County Judge Tuesday...

Colorado justices deliver favorable ruling for organizations raising open meetings violations

Updated 3 weeks ago

The Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that organizations are entitled to the same recovery of their costs as individuals when they successfully pursue a...

Federal judge advances religious freedom claims of incarcerated amputee

Updated 3 weeks ago

A federal judge concluded last month that a Muslim man serving a life sentence at Colorado’s “supermax” prison may proceed with his claims that the...