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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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Trial of 12-year-old accused in fatal Lakewood apartment fire vacated; competency questioned
The murder trial of a 12-year-old boy accused of setting last Halloween’s deadly Lakewood apartment fire was vacated Tuesday as his attorneys wait for a doctor to complete a competency evaluation. The trial for the defendant had been set for early May and no date for a new trial was offered as attorneys gear up…
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Hearing dates set for man accused of killing Arvada police officer
The man accused of killing Arvada police officer Dillan Vakoff waived hearing a reading of the 11 formal charges levied against him in a Jefferson County Courtroom Tuesday morning and a District Court judge set two future court dates. Suspect Sonny Almanza, 31, appeared in court from Jefferson County jail via Webex in an orange…
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Aurora Municipal Court postpones trials through the middle of January due to COVID-19
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In an attempt to reduce the spread of COVID-19, officials from the Aurora Municipal Court announced that all jury trials and trials before a judge scheduled between Nov. 30 and Jan. 18 are postponed. Anyone…