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Colorado Supreme Court to decide whether life without parole for non-triggerman is constitutional
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The Colorado Supreme Court announced on Monday that it will consider whether it is unconstitutional for a defendant to serve a sentence of life without parole for murder when he was not the one who caused the victim’s death. The case out of El Paso County implicates Colorado’s “felony murder” law, which, until recently, provided…
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Man who changed mind on DUI blood draw deserves new trial, appeals court says
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A man convicted of driving under the influence in Arapahoe County refused at one point to take a blood alcohol test to determine his level of intoxication. But when he changed his mind, the test did not happen, nor did jurors learn that he ultimately agreed to a blood draw. Now, the state’s Court of…
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Appeals court says pandemic justified denying DUI breath test to driver
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Colorado Springs police were justified when, three months into the COVID-19 pandemic, they offered only a blood draw to a suspected drunk driver in lieu of a breath test, the state’s second-highest court has determined. Under Colorado law, a driver has expressed their consent to taking a blood or breath test when law enforcement has…
