Tag: Judge Timothy Schutz
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Appeals court rules civil trial over Kendrick Castillo’s death not required if STEM School pays max damages
Colorado’s second-highest court determined on Thursday that a civil trial over the 2019 shooting death of Kendrick Castillo is not required after the defendant agreed to pay the maximum damages available to Castillo’s parents, without admitting liability. John and Maria Castillo, the parents of Kendrick, sued STEM School Highlands Ranch in 2021, two years after…
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Appeals judge to Supreme Court: Please endorse a single reasonable doubt definition for Colorado
A member of Colorado’s second-highest court asked the state Supreme Court on Thursday to endorse one definition of “reasonable doubt” for trial judges to use — out of the three versions currently on the table. Colorado’s template jury instructions for criminal trials used to explain reasonable doubt as a doubt, based upon reason and common…
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Appeals court again reminds Colorado prosecutors to submit restitution requests on time
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s second-highest court on Wednesday once again reminded prosecutors and trial judges to pay attention to the deadlines for crime victim restitution in state law, the latest in a series of decisions cracking down on deviations from the restitution process. In Colorado, when a convicted…
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Colorado Supreme Court, 5-2, says no new trial following ‘overt, in-court racism’
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Supreme Court concluded on Monday that a Black defendant did not deserve a new trial after one juror disclosed he moved to the overwhelmingly White jurisdiction because he “didn’t want diversity,” and the trial judge refused to dismiss him for bias. By 5-2,…
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Colorado justices struggle with juror in Black defendant’s trial who ‘didn’t want diversity’
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Members of the Colorado Supreme Court this week struggled with the fate of a Black defendant’s convictions in an overwhelmingly White jurisdiction, after a trial judge refused to dismiss a juror who admitted he “didn’t want diversity.” Although the justices have previously addressed cases involving people of…
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Colorado Supreme Court to hear latest LGBTQ discrimination case against Masterpiece Cakeshop
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Supreme Court announced on Tuesday that it will decide whether a Lakewood cake maker violated the state’s anti-discrimination law when he declined to supply a cake to celebrate a customer’s gender transition, or if the First Amendment protected his refusal. The case involves…
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Xcel Energy not immune from man’s electrocution lawsuit, appeals court rules
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Colorado’s second-highest court ruled last week that Xcel Energy is not immune from lawsuit after its power lines delivered a debilitating shock to a landscaping worker who was attempting to hang Christmas lights on a nearby tree. Xcel sought to avoid liability under two different mechanisms. First, the state’s High Voltage Safety Act requires parties working…
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Alcohol sale to drunk driver not enough for liability, court rules
Businesses are not liable for injuries caused by a drunk driver if they sold alcohol to the already-intoxicated motorist, but the person did not consume it before causing an accident, Colorado’s second-highest court ruled last month. A three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals answered a question never addressed before: Whether the state’s Dram Shop…