Tag: Joann Vogt
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Red flag order renewal upheld against man who threatened to kill Phil Weiser
Colorado’s Court of Appeals upheld the renewal of a “red flag” order against a man who threatened to kill Attorney General Phil Weiser. A Denver probate judge twice renewed the extreme risk protection order, sought by the Denver Police Department, originally granted against Bryce Jordan Sidney Shelby in November 2020 because of social media posts…
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Appeals court finds no discrimination in Denver prosecutor’s removal of Black woman from jury
Colorado’s second-highest court on Thursday deemed it a “close” call, but ultimately decided Denver prosecutors had not removed a Black, presumably Muslim woman from a jury in violation of the longstanding prohibition on purposeful discrimination. A three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals noted that Juror L was a Black woman who wore a head…
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Colorado Supreme Court to review constitutionality of mental health law, ‘straw purchases’ of guns
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Supreme Court has agreed to hear two appeals challenging the constitutionality of state law as being either vague or in violation of U.S. Supreme Court precedent. The cases have come to the state’s highest court by way of the Court of Appeals, where…