Tag: Fourth Amendment
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10th Circuit hears Denver, officer’s request to overturn $14M jury verdict after 2020 protests
Members of the Colorado-based federal appeals court considered on Wednesday whether a judge committed errors in the 2022 civil trial where jurors found Denver liable for $14 million for violating the constitutional rights of protesters. In the first lawsuit of many to culminate in a jury trial, 12 plaintiffs largely succeeded in arguing Denver’s own…
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Chief justice, top appeals judges address Colorado legal community | APPELLATE UPDATE
‘We are constantly on our phones. I’m voting on vacation. I’m voting at 11 o’clock at night,’ said Chief Justice Monica Márquez
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Appeals judge warns police against overly broad cell phone search warrants
Judge Karl Schock wrote that multiple cases have now made clear that law enforcement cannot seek wide swaths of data from a suspect’s cell phone that are not tied to the crime
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‘Common sense’: 10th Circuit rules Loveland officer will face civil trial for shooting puppy in head
The court ruled for the first time that police cannot shoot pets if there is no imminent danger
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Colorado justices rule trunk search constitutional in Arapahoe County shooting case
All of the circumstances gave sheriff’s deputies probable cause to believe a gun would be in the suspect’s trunk, the Supreme Court decided
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10th Circuit rules Denver police acted constitutionally by taking bullet removed from man
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver police did not violate the constitutional prohibition on unreasonable searches and seizures by obtaining a bullet, without a warrant, that was removed from a man’s leg and later used as evidence against him, the Colorado-based federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday. Law enforcement responded…
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10th Circuit revives transgender detainee’s lawsuit against El Paso County sheriff
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The federal appeals court based in Denver ruled on Wednesday that a transgender detainee at the El Paso County jail could proceed with her lawsuit against the sheriff and a deputy for alleged violations of her constitutional rights. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court…
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10th Circuit ponders immunity for Loveland officer who shot puppy in head
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Members of the Denver-based federal appeals court heard arguments on Wednesday about whether a Loveland police officer violated a couple’s constitutional rights by shooting their puppy in the head and torso. In November 2023, U.S. District Court Senior Judge Raymond P. Moore declined to grant…
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Colorado Supreme Court upholds DPS search of student on ‘safety plan’
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Supreme Court agreed on Monday that Denver Public Schools personnel acted constitutionally when they searched a student’s backpack without a warrant or suspicion of wrongdoing, but instead pursuant to a “safety plan” created after his prior criminal conduct. The case appeared to be…
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Federal judge grants immunity to Lakewood sergeant for deadly shooting
Magistrate Judge Kathryn Starnella believed a ‘reasonable officer caught in a split-second decision-making situation’ would have used lethal force