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Colorado Supreme Court weighs whether lifetime sex offender registration amounts to ‘punishment’

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Members of the Colorado Supreme Court appeared wary last week of deeming lifetime sex offender registration “punishment,” even as they heard about the inescapable consequences...

Nebraska says Colorado is stealing its water

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The fight over Nebraska’s attempt to seize privately-owned land in northeastern Colorado persisted this week, with Nebraska accusing Colorado of stealing its water in a...

10th Circuit finds judge improperly imposed 25-year mandatory minimum for kidnapping

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The Denver-based federal appeals court concluded on Tuesday that a judge incorrectly believed he had to sentence a defendant convicted of kidnapping to the 25-year...

Federal judge awards $10K to ‘supermax’ prisoner for guard’s unwarranted force

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A federal judge took the rare step last week of concluding an incarcerated, self-represented plaintiff should be compensated $10,000 by the U.S. government for a...

Colorado justices ponder whether rental car companies are also ‘insurers’

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Colorado justices consider where to draw line on experts testifying about child witnesses’ honesty

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ICE officer impersonator in Colorado Springs will undergo second competency evaluation

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Judge tosses request for JonBenet murder investigative materials

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Michael Clark murder defense seeks to link case to JonBenét investigation ‘mistakes’

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Report: Colorado’s federal trial court sees time to trial tick up, magistrate judge consent remain low

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Appeals court finds Jeffco judge imposed lifetime sex offender registration on man without explaining why

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Chief justice warns about threats to judiciary, state Supreme Court visits high school | COURT CRAWL

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Appeals court declines to overturn defendant’s ‘3 strikes’ sentence

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Federal judge ‘dumbfounded’ at government’s rejection of enforceable order holding ICE to its own policy

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Colorado justices field questions about values, disagreement at East High School

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Members of the Colorado Supreme Court fielded probing — and in some instances, tough — questions from East High School students on Thursday, including how...

Officers cleared in Broomfield hostage standoff shooting

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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...

Divided appeals court upholds convictions despite ‘troubling and unfair’ contradictory police testimony

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Colorado’s second-highest court upheld a man’s convictions for unlawful possession of a firearm on Thursday, even as the majority acknowledged it was potentially unfair that...

Appeals court overturns Denver strangulation conviction for improper expert testimony

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Colorado’s second-highest court reversed a Denver man’s assault conviction on Thursday, finding an expert’s testimony about the potential risks of strangulation had no bearing on...

Colorado justices consider whether Denver police failed to respect suspect’s right to counsel

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Colorado justices weigh potential race-based treatment for Arapahoe County murder defendant

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10th Circuit rejects assortment of legal theories challenging workplace vaccine mandates

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Federal judge advances defamation lawsuit from woman called ‘prostitute’ at party

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Colorado Supreme Court considers right to self-defense in workplace

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Colorado justices concerned about blocking self-represented prisoners from pursuing claims due to lack of resources

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Colorado justices consider whether man can be convicted for convincing mom to lie for him

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‘Mental gymnastics’: Lawyers, judge dissect Colorado Supreme Court’s racial bias rule for jury selection

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Judge orders noncitizen released from immigration detention, finds government misapplied law

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Colorado justices decline to expand judges’ authority to second-guess medical malpractice awards

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Appeals court finds Denver jury convicted man for possessing more fentanyl than evidence showed

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Colorado’s second-highest court on Thursday concluded a Denver jury convicted a defendant of a felony for possessing more than four grams of an illegal substance...

‘Literally dangerous’: Colorado’s chief justice speaks about dangers to judiciary from threats, rhetoric

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Chief Justice Monica M. Márquez told an audience of lawyers and judges on Wednesday that “any action” that inappropriately fosters distrust in the judiciary is...

Plaintiffs ask for over $13 million in damages from former DPD officer for 2022 shooting into LoDo crowd

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After an eight-day civil trial, a jury will place a dollar amount on the physical and emotional pain caused by two bullets. Attorneys representing six...

Federal judge slams government’s ‘bad faith conduct’ in immigration case

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A federal judge criticized the government’s actions in an immigration-related case on Tuesday, after learning a hearing was scheduled for a man’s possible deportation just...