Tag: Judicial Retention
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Case against district judge in Adams County allegedly ‘slow-walked’ to discipline commission
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A second judicial discipline case, that of 17th Judicial District Judge Robert Kiesnowski Jr. who resigned last year, has key connections with Colorado Supreme Court Chief Justice Brian Boatright, according to documents and interviews. District Court Judge Robert W. Kiesnowski Jr. Despite promises by Boatright to state legislators in 2021 that he would monitor all…
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Colorado’s judicial performance review misses key test of judges’ legal knowledge
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A judge’s appellate record — the number of cases overturned on appeal — is not factored in the judicial evaluation process
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Appellate record an objective, important measure of a judge’s performance
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Most experts agree judicial performance commissions should look at a judge’s whole appellate record, but cautiously