Tag: Justice Alex Martinez
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Colorado justices concerned about retrying defendant after jury signaled acquittal
Some members of the Colorado Supreme Court appeared uncomfortable on Tuesday with allowing a criminal defendant to stand trial a second time after a Larimer County jury signaled it was deadlocked on some counts but had found him not guilty of the more serious charges. Omar Alexander Mena stood trial last summer for three counts…
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Downstairs meth lab case has Colorado justices evaluating duty to preserve evidence
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save When an Arapahoe County judge awarded a woman and her daughter $10.5 million for their injuries, finding their landlord had not reasonably responded to allegations of toxic exposure from a downstairs meth lab, he also concluded the landlord willfully failed to preserve evidence. Last week,…
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Arapahoe County murder conviction overturned due to prosecutor misconduct
Prosecutors inappropriately suggested the defendant’s exercise of his constitutional right to silence meant he was guilty
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Colorado Supreme Court reinstates $940,000 jury award to man run over during rescue attempt
A belligerent taxicab passenger stole the vehicle and used it to run over the good Samaritan who came to the driver’s aid
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Adams County judge wrongly canceled child neglect jury trial after mom failed to appear, appeals court finds
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s second-highest court ruled last week that an Adams County judge who wound up deciding a child neglect case had no authority to cancel the planned jury trial solely because the mother failed to appear at a pretrial conference. A three-judge panel for the Court…