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Arapahoe County judge let biased juror serve, prompting reversal of serial rapist’s convictions
A man with a history of raping women, who is serving 136 years in prison, will receive a new trial after the state’s second-highest court concluded an Arapahoe County judge allowed a biased juror to serve in the 2021 trial. On Thursday, a three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals concluded, by 2-1, that it…
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Delta County judge let biased juror serve, appeals court finds in reversing convictions
A Delta County judge allowed a biased juror to serve in a woman’s drunk driving trial, the state’s Court of Appeals concluded last week in reversing the defendant’s convictions. A three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals noted the juror, identified as S.B., volunteered during jury selection that she would assume Katherine Susan Griswold was…
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Colorado appeals court upholds man’s convictions despite juror who ‘wouldn’t give him a fair trial’
Colorado’s second-highest court on Thursday declined to overturn a man’s convictions for sexually assaulting multiple children despite one juror disclosing that she “wouldn’t give him a fair trial.” Joseph Lee Davis is serving a sentence in excess of 600 years for grooming, raping or enticing seven boys over a span of two decades. Davis raised…
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Biased jurors cause appeals court to overturn burglary, theft convictions
Colorado’s second-highest court has overturned a woman’s convictions for burglary and theft after a Lincoln County judge permitted two biased jurors to serve. Although the state and federal constitutions guarantee the right to an impartial jury, multiple people who sat on Kathyrn Therese Oakes’ jury voiced their opinion that the criminally accused may be “hiding…