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Colorado Supreme Court, 6-1, clarifies meaning of ‘prior’ DUI offense
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The Colorado Supreme Court clarified on Monday that if someone is charged with multiple drunk driving offenses, what matters is which incident results in a conviction first, not necessarily which offense happens first. Under Colorado law, each subsequent impaired driving conviction receives a harsher sentence. Consequently, prior convictions are important for determining the severity of…
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Third campaign finance complaint filed against GOP AG candidate’s campaign
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Republican attorney general candidate John Kellner is facing a third campaign finance complaint, a benchmark among those seeking to become Colorado’s chief legal officer. No attorney general or other candidate for that office has more than one complaint in the 22 years TRACER, the campaign finance database run by the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office, has tracked…
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ENDORSEMENT WATCH: Lundberg backs Watson in GOP treasurer’s race
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The recent slew of endorsements has slowed a bit recently, perhaps because the Legislature’s waning days have drawn the focus of Colorado’s political world, perhaps because few bigwigs remain who have not bestowed their blessings during this long political season. Still, some candidates learned in the last week that they won the support of notables,…
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McCann: Sessions’ federal sentencing directive ‘disturbing’
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Denver District Attorney Beth McCann, Breckenridge District Attorney Bruce Brown and Boulder District Attorney Stan Garnett are among close to 30 current and former local and state prosecutors to oppose a recent directive from U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions that instructs federal prosecutors to charge, pursue and seek the longest possible sentences for the “most…
