Tag: Neeti Pawar
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Divided appeals court finds Gilpin County juror not biased against defendant
In a divided ruling on Thursday, Colorado’s second-highest court determined a Gilpin County judge acted appropriately by keeping a woman on a criminal jury after her admission that she “would need to hear that reason why” the defendant did not take the witness stand. A three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals acknowledged a quirk…
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Colorado court sides with sheriffs, counties in tossing detainee death lawsuit
The state’s Court of Appeals has sided with Colorado’s counties and multiple sheriffs in finding Jefferson County Sheriff Jeff Shrader cannot be sued for the suicide death of a jail detainee. Unlike other wrongful death lawsuits and claims against government officials, which have a two-year filing window, state law carves out an exception for sheriffs.…
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Local board’s attempt to open schools outside boundaries halted by Colorado court
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Colorado’s second-highest court handed a win to the state’s 178 school districts on Thursday, putting a halt to an educational alliance’s practice of opening schools outside its own boundaries without local districts’ consent. State law enables school districts to join together as boards of cooperative educational services, or BOCES, in order to collectively provide certain…
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Split appeals court rules Aurora police needed to give Miranda warning to road rage suspect
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s second-highest court has reversed a man’s assault convictions in Arapahoe County because police failed to provide a Miranda warning at the point when their interrogation effectively placed the defendant in custody. A panel of the Court of Appeals decided, by 2-1, that while Aurora…
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Denver officers had insufficient grounds to search hoodie-wearing juvenile, appeals court decides
Colorado’s second-highest court found that two Denver officers needed more justification to search a juvenile than the fact he was wearing a hooded sweatshirt in the summer, and consequently, the drugs discovered on the boy should not have been allowed as evidence. Based on that unlawful search, a three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals…