Tag: juvenile court
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Judge’s error allowing juvenile defendant to be prosecuted as adult cannot be reversed, appeals court says
Colorado’s second-highest court concluded last month that a judge’s error in allowing a juvenile defendant to be prosecuted as an adult cannot be corrected on appeal because the defendant later pleaded guilty. The case arose under unusual circumstances, after police connected James Edward Papol in 2018 to the 30-year-old unsolved murder of Mary Lynne Vialpando…
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Judge ponders juvenile court for teen accused in cold-blooded killing
Attorneys for a 17-year-old accused in the brutal gang-style killing of Josiaz “JoJo” Aragon are fighting to return the teen’s case to juvenile court. Denver District Attorney Beth McCann charged Diego Lopez as an adult in the case. The horrific details of the incident shocked even the most seasoned homicide detectives. In the arrest affidavit,…
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Victims of fatal Lakewood apartment fire attend juvenile suspect’s hearing
“They knew what they were doing. Seven years is nothing”