Tag: Scotus
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Appeals court orders new child abuse trial after defense lawyer overrode client, admitted guilt
A man serving 28 years for child abuse will receive a new trial, Colorado’s second-highest court ruled on Thursday, because the defense attorney overrode his client’s wishes and told the jury the defendant was guilty in the overdose death of his son. After a mistrial, a second trial resulted in jurors convicting Joenny Manuel Astacio…
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Judicial discipline commission compares SCOTUS ethical lapses to state judges’ disclosure violations
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In an unusually detailed and strongly worded report, Colorado’s judicial discipline body made clear on Friday that dozens of judges broke the law by failing to file financial disclosure statements on time, but that not every instance merited discipline in light of related behavior from…
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10th Circuit clears path for Colorado’s increased firearms purchasing age to take effect
The panel of judges employed different reasoning, but all concluded the Second Amendment challenge was unlikely to succeed
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Colorado Supreme Court ponders constitutionality of delayed vehicle search
A trial judge believed police waited longer than was necessary to obtain a warrant
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Justice Amy Coney Barrett disputes characterization of ‘divisive’ SCOTUS term
Barrett also spoke about her own security measures, hours after a Colorado Supreme Court justice opened up about threats against judges locally
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Justice Neil Gorsuch to attorneys: File more appeals if you want SCOTUS to hear more cases
Justice Neil M. Gorsuch, appearing at a judicial conference in Colorado Springs on Thursday, suggested attorneys who are troubled by the U.S. Supreme Court’s declining caseload should instead file more appeals. Gorsuch provided introductory remarks at the biennial Bench & Bar Conference of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, which hears appeals…
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Federal judge declines to block Colorado’s ‘ghost gun’ prohibition
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A federal judge on Thursday rejected a request from gun rights advocates to block a recent Colorado law prohibiting the possession and transport of certain firearm components not imprinted with a serial number — known as “ghost guns.” To address the proliferation of guns privately assembled from kits…
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U.S. judge declines to dismiss charges against West African man accused of torture in Gambia
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A federal judge last month declined to dismiss multiple criminal charges in the unique prosecution of a West African man living in Denver, whose alleged acts of torture in his home country could violate U.S. law. Michael Sang Correa faces seven torture-related counts for his…
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Colorado Supreme Court upholds DPS search of student on ‘safety plan’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Supreme Court agreed on Monday that Denver Public Schools personnel acted constitutionally when they searched a student’s backpack without a warrant or suspicion of wrongdoing, but instead pursuant to a “safety plan” created after his prior criminal conduct. The case appeared to be…
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Federal judge moderated DEI panel days before hearing arguments in Colorado DEI case
A judge on the federal appeals court based in Denver oversaw a panel discussion last year about the future of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in the workplace while he had a case pending before him on the same subject. Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit dismissed the employment discrimination…