Bank Robbery
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Colorado justices concerned about blocking self-represented prisoners from pursuing claims due to lack of resources
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When Jamale D. Townsell filed a petition from prison seeking postconviction relief, he argued his trial lawyer was constitutionally ineffective for failing to properly investigate DNA evidence that would have called his responsibility for a 2013 bank robbery into question. The state’s Court of Appeals rejected his petition, reasoning Townsell had not shown how the…
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Federal judge overturns order to keep bank robbery defendant detained pretrial
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A federal judge on Tuesday reversed an order to keep a man accused of bank robbery detained pending trial, while acknowledging it was a “close question” whether to release the defendant on home detention with GPS monitoring. In a Sept. 16 order, U.S. District Court Senior Judge William J. Martínez concluded the government failed to…
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10th Circuit finds judge erred in imposing sex offender treatment for man’s bank robbery conviction
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The Denver-based federal appeals court concluded on Friday that a judge imposed sex offender treatment for a defendant’s attempted bank robbery conviction in violation of federal sentencing rules. James Robert Clark is serving 78 months in prison for an attempted December 2023 bank robbery in Commerce City. He will also serve two years of supervised…
