a. bruce jones
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By 2-1, appeals court reverses Denver murder conviction based on procedural blunder
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A man serving a life sentence for a brutal Denver murder will receive a new trial after Colorado’s second-highest court ruled on Thursday that the original trial judge, prosecutor and defense attorney failed to notice a key witness was never formally authorized as an expert. By 2-1, a panel of the Court of Appeals reversed…
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Appeals court overturns domestic violence convictions, finds Denver judge violated law
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A Denver judge did not follow the law when he sentenced a defendant as a habitual domestic violence offender instead of asking a jury to evaluate the man’s prior offenses, the state’s Court of Appeals ruled this month. Sheldon M. Ryan stood trial in 2018 for physically attacking his romantic partner, and a jury found…
