Tag: Judge Shay Whitaker
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Appeals court overturns road rage murder conviction due to faulty jury instruction
Colorado’s second-highest court overturned a defendant’s murder conviction on Thursday, concluding an Arapahoe County judge provided an incorrect self-defense instruction to the jury about the road rage encounter. In November 2020, Romeo Desean Thompson was behind Phillip Hunt at an intersection. The light turned green, but Hunt did not immediately move forward. Thompson honked, after…
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Appeals court reverses 10-year sentence due to Arapahoe County judge’s error
An Arapahoe County judge declined to give a key instruction to jurors in a man’s assault trial, prompting the state’s second-highest court to reverse the conviction and order a new trial. Luis Salinas-Martinez received a 10-year sentence after a jury convicted him in 2019 of assaulting his roommate. Although the offense was a class 4…