Tag: William Hood
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Colorado Supreme Court modifies ruling in child neglect case, insists mother’s rights were honored
The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday took the unusual step of modifying its recent ruling in a child neglect case, explicitly rejecting a mother’s claim that her procedural rights were violated in the welfare proceedings. In January, the court decided that when the government proves a child suffers a single serious bodily injury, even if…
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Arapahoe County judge was wrong to condition parents’ visits with child on drug tests: Appeals court
An Arapahoe County judge had no apparent legal basis to require two parents to submit to sobriety tests as a condition for visiting their child, Colorado’s second-highest court determined last week. Former District Court Judge Natalie T. Chase declined to permit a mother and father to resume in-person visits with a child identified as A.P.…
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When is it a felony or a misdemeanor to spit on a cop?
Colorado’s Supreme Court settled on a definition of what state lawmakers meant when they made it a felony to spit on police officers with an intent to harm, agreeing on Monday to vacate a woman’s convictions because a trial judge’s attempt at defining “harm” was incorrect. Spitting on a first responder could constitute either a…
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‘Puffery’ or illegal? State Supreme Court evaluates statements made by Denver energy corporation
When Jagged Peak Energy Inc. began publicly selling shares of its stock in 2017, it allegedly misrepresented key aspects of its extraction operation to investors and overstated its ability to produce oil and gas. Now, the Colorado Supreme Court will decide whether the 8,000-person Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System may sue Denver-based Jagged Peak…
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State Supreme Court to examine foreclosure timeline, narrowly turns down DUI appeals
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The Colorado Supreme Court has agreed to review a lower court’s ruling that banks and mortgage lenders argue gives an improper incentive to rapidly foreclose on certain homeowners. On Monday, the justices announced they will hear the case of U.S. Bank National Association v. Silvernagel, which centers on Colorado’s six-year statute of limitations for lenders to foreclose…
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Fractured Supreme Court finds Adams County defendant did not invoke right to counsel in custody
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In an unusual decision on Tuesday, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled 5-2 that a criminal defendant did not clearly invoke his constitutional right to an attorney during a police interrogation, even though a majority of the justices actually believed the opposite was true. The appeal…
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State Supreme Court attempts to illuminate meaning of taillight law
Could drivers change their vehicles’ tail lights to match the Denver Broncos’ colors? Or emit a kaleidoscope of colors from their cars? Colorado’s Supreme Court on Thursday repeatedly raised those far-fetched scenarios as they grappled with the meaning of a state law governing tail lamp colors. As written, drivers must have “a red light plainly…
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Restitution to victims ends with death on appeal, state Supreme Court rules
A defendant who dies of natural causes while their appeal is pending no longer has an obligation to pay restitution to victims, the Colorado Supreme Court decided on Monday. Under a longstanding legal doctrine, known as abatement ab initio, a person who dies while appealing his conviction not only has the appeal dismissed, but the criminal case is…
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State Supreme Court scrutinizes legislators’ redistricting proposal
Colorado’s highest court on Monday heard arguments over whether state legislators have the authority to enact a law that would adjust the voter-approved state redistricting process, with several justices skeptical of the legality or prudence of lawmakers’ proposal. At issue is a bill advanced by lawmakers that aims to keep the state’s redistricting commissioners on…