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Appeals court tosses conviction, 32-year sentence after trial judge violated speedy trial right
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Colorado’s second-highest court has overturned a man’s convictions for attempted murder and other offenses, and permanently barred prosecutors from retrying him because a Denver judge violated his right to a speedy trial. The U.S. and Colorado constitutions guarantee criminal defendants the right to a speedy trial, which Colorado law mandates to occur within six months…


