Tag: Murder
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Appeals court reverses murder conviction after Denver judge violated public trial right
Colorado’s second-highest court reversed a defendant’s murder conviction on Thursday because a Denver judge violated his constitutional right to a public trial. Due to an unusually large jury pool at Edward R. Sandoval’s 2022 trial, Chief Judge Christopher J. Baumann did not allow observers to be present in his courtroom during jury selection. Although the…
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Appeals court reverses murder conviction after Denver judge violated public trial right
Colorado’s second-highest court reversed a defendant’s murder conviction on Thursday because a Denver judge violated his constitutional right to a public trial. Due to an unusually large jury pool at Edward R. Sandoval’s 2022 trial, Chief Judge Christopher J. Baumann did not allow observers to be present in his courtroom during jury selection. Although the…
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Officers cleared in Broomfield hostage standoff shooting
The 17th Judicial District Attorney’s Office determined the actions of multiple Broomfield SWAT officers who shot and injured a man during a hostage standoff were justified as reasonable use of force. District Attorney Brian Mason wrote a decision letter to the chiefs of the Broomfield and Lafayette police departments and to the Boulder County Sheriff’s…
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3 guilty verdicts in separate Denver murder cases last week
Three men were found guilty of first-degree murder in separate cases over the last week in Denver District Court. Three different juries found three defendants guilty of first-degree murder charges in relation to incidents in 2023, according to a news release from the Denver District Attorney’s Office. The first trial came to an end on…
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A jail death in Denver raises questions about intake policies — and how a man with a violent history kept getting released early
On June 30, deputies from the Denver Sheriff Department responded to an overnight call for help in the agency’s Downtown Detention Center. They found a man — later identified as 34-year-old Vincent Chacon — unresponsive in his cell, where he was pronounced dead, the police said in a news release. Police investigators later said the…
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74-year-old murder suspect remains in hospital amidst criminal case
The 74-year-old man suspected of murdering his wife remains in the Colorado Mental Health Hospital in Pueblo (CMHIP) as the case stalls. James Beeker appeared virtually in front of Douglas County District Judge Ryan Stuart Monday morning, dressed in civilian clothes and donning a gray beard and glasses. Beeker’s defense attorney, public defender Emily Valdez,…
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Father of 14-year-old Federales shooting suspect won’t receive evidence
The case involving the father of the 14-year-old boy who allegedly shot and killed a man last summer has been pushed back again. Steven Marquez appeared in a Denver District courtroom Monday morning for an arraignment, not represented by a defense attorney. He asked Judge Jay Grant for discovery in his son’s case to help…
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Barry Morphew posts $3 million bond
Barry Morphew, in jail on murder charges in the death of his wife, bonded out of the Alamosa County jail Friday after securing surety on a $3 million bond. As per judge’s orders, he was fitted with a GPS ankle monitor. His attorney, David Beller, confirmed late Thursday night that “funds for the bond were…
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Man arrested in connection to Lone Tree murder
The Lone Tree Police Department arrested a man in connection to the murder of a 57-year-old woman earlier this month. The department arrested 33-year-old Troy Marcus Reynolds, Jr. on Friday in connection to the murder of Kathleen Mayo at the beginning of September. He was arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder, burglary, animal cruelty, menacing…
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Two dead after apparent murder-suicide in southwest Denver Friday night
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Two people are dead after an apparent murder-suicide in southwest Denver Friday night. Police first said they were investigating the scene of a shooting in the 2700 block of South Fenton Street in southwest Denver on social media at 11:45 p.m. Friday, according to a…