Tag: Fourth Amendment
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Reverse-keyword search warrant used to identify suspects in deadly arson case goes to Colorado Supreme Court
The Colorado Supreme Court will review the use of a Google search warrant used to arrest three teens in connection with the Green Valley Ranch arson that killed a family of five in 2020. In November, Denver District Court Judge Martin Egelhoff upheld the legality of the warrant, which used a Google reverse-keyword search to…
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Judge denies immunity to Denver officers in right-to-record suit
A man has plausibly claimed Denver police officers arrested him without probable cause of a crime and instead in retaliation for exercising his First Amendment right to record them, a federal judge has ruled. U.S. District Court Chief Judge Philip A. Brimmer rejected the city’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit of Kevin Detreville, who was…
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Colorado officer who shot fleeing suspect may be held liable for excessive force, judge says
A jury will now decide whether a Rifle police officer and the city itself are liable for shooting a fleeing suicidal man, as a federal judge on Monday refused to grant immunity for the 2019 killing of Allan George. Lawyers for Corporal Dewey Ryan and the city argued George posed a threat to others as…
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Colorado officers who killed, wounded vehicle occupants in car chase granted immunity
A late-night vehicle pursuit through Littleton, Englewood and Denver that left a driver partially paralyzed and a passenger dead has now culminated in a federal judge’s decision to grant immunity to the police officers involved. There was no caselaw, Rodriguez concluded, labeling the officers’ use of force unconstitutional “in the context of a car chase…
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Judge: Alleged Hells Angel who was shot in no-knock raid may sue officers
A federal judge has cleared the way for a Golden man to sue law enforcement officers for the injuries and damage they caused in executing an early-morning, no-knock warrant as part of a largescale operation against the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club. Dustin J. Ullerich’s civil rights lawsuit described in graphic terms how he was “literally…
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Judge sides with Aurora officer in finding no constitutional violation from pointing gun at doctor
An Aurora police officer who pointed a gun at a man, refused to leave the man’s property and claimed he acted with a “warrior mentality” did not commit a constitutional violation, a federal judge determined on Thursday. Although a jury was scheduled to decide the civil rights claims of physician P.J. Parmar against Officer Justin…
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Judge refuses to toss $500,000 jury verdict against Denver officer over wrongful arrest at DIA
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A federal judge upheld a jury’s $500,000 verdict and finding of liability against a Denver police officer whose faulty probable cause statement led to the wrongful arrest of a man at Denver International Airport. After a jury earlier this year determined Officer Karl Coleman acted…
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Appeals court endorses daily searches of Denver student under ‘safety plan’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s second-highest court found Denver school security officials acted lawfully by continuing their daily searches of a student with a prior handgun offense, even when the “safety plan” enabling the searches had no expiration date. It has been nearly four decades since the U.S. Supreme…
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10th Circuit gives Denver officer immunity for tasing surrendering, unarmed man
A trial judge mischaracterized body-worn camera footage showing a Denver officer tasing a surrendering, unarmed man, the federal appeals court based in Colorado determined on Tuesday. Consequently, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit granted the officer immunity in the excessive force lawsuit against him. The attorney for plaintiff Gregory Heard argued in…
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State Supreme Court agrees Denver officers lacked reasonable suspicion to detain man
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Two Denver police officers did not have reasonable suspicion of criminal activity when they boxed in a driver with their patrol car, the Colorado Supreme Court decided, deeming the officers’ actions an unconstitutional seizure under the Fourth Amendment. The decision on Monday upheld a lower…