child prostitution
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Colorado justices decline to say whether man’s child prostitution conviction is unconstitutional
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The Colorado Supreme Court declined to say on Monday whether a man’s conviction for an attempted child prostitution offense violated his rights under the state constitution, and only concluded that the absence of an obvious error meant his conviction should remain intact. An El Paso County jury convicted Javier Vega Dominguez of two attempted child…
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Colorado justices weigh overlap between child prostitution offenses
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Members of the Colorado Supreme Court last week appeared willing to uphold a man’s conviction for an attempted child prostitution offense, which the state’s second-highest court previously found to be a violation of his right to equal protection under the law. An El Paso County jury convicted Javier Vega Dominguez of two attempted child prostitution…
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Colorado Supreme Court clarifies requirements of child prostitution offense
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The Colorado Supreme Court waded into a split that developed in the state’s second-highest court, clarifying on Monday that prosecutors do not need to prove a defendant intended specifically for a child to be prostituted in order to secure a conviction. Under Colorado law, soliciting for child prostitution is an offense that requires someone to…
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Appeals court overturns organized crime conviction, finds no constitutional violation
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Colorado’s second-highest court on Thursday reversed a man’s organized crime conviction in Douglas County in the wake of the Supreme Court’s recent directive about how a criminal “enterprise” must be proven. At the same time, a three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals rejected Chauncey Price’s argument that his dual convictions for child pimping and…
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Colorado Supreme Court to hear cases on identity theft, child prostitution
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The Colorado Supreme Court announced on Monday that it will review two criminal appeals, one questioning the level of proof needed to convict a man for trying to prostitute a child and the other addressing whether an organization can be the victim of identity theft. At least three of the court’s seven members must consent…
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Appeals court forges ahead on child prostitution question after Supreme Court takes a pass
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Weighing in on a question the Colorado Supreme Court recently left for “another day,” the state’s Court of Appeals decided last week that prosecutors need only prove a defendant knowingly arranges for a child’s prostitution and not that he specifically intends for the child to be prostituted. In addressing the subtle, but meaningful, distinction, a…
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Q&A w/Kelly Dore | ‘I have always fought for the underdog’
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Regular Colorado Politics readers will remember Kelly Dore from our April 27 cover story about the state’s crackdown on human trafficking. She has been a central figure in that saga; not only is the married mom of four from Parker a leading voice in the crusade against trafficking, but she also was one of its…