Tag: Don Quick
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Mom of Brighton toddler who died of fentanyl poisoning pleads guilty
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The mother of a toddler who died of fentanyl poisoning during her parents’ New Year’s drug exchange pleaded guilty to child abuse resulting in death and drug possession with intent to distribute, a Class 3 felony. Nicole Casias,32, and the child’s father, 33-year-old Alonzo Montoya,…
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Adams County father convicted of multiple charges in toddler’s fentanyl poisoning
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An Adams County jury convicted a Brighton man of five charges in connection to the fentanyl poisoning and death of his two-year-old daughter after he left her unattended for 14 hours. Alonzo Montoya, 33, was convicted of the following charges following a two-week trial that began on Jan. 8, according to a news release from…
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Adams County judge dismisses murder charges in toddler’s fentanyl poisoning death
An Adams County judge dismissed first-degree murder charges against Brighton parents accused of causing the fentanyl poisoning death of their 2-year-old girl, according to an order filed this month. Chief Judge Don Quick of the 17th Judicial District ruled the evidence does not support allegations that Alonzo Montoya, 31, and Nicole Casias, 31, “knowingly caused the death” of…
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Another Adams County conviction reversed by appeals court for judge’s faulty analogy
The state’s Court of Appeals has reversed another criminal conviction in Adams County because the trial judge attempted to illustrate the concept of reasonable doubt to jurors in a manner the Colorado Supreme Court has since deemed problematic. Jurors convicted Brett Thomas Little in 2019 on one count of criminal mischief after he allegedly broke…