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Colorado justices ponder whether defendants must repay money police use for drug buys
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If undercover police officers buy drugs from a suspected drug dealer, but they let him leave with the money and never recover it, is the defendant obligated to repay the amount as crime victim restitution? Members of the Colorado Supreme Court grappled with the question on Thursday, with multiple justices wondering how the state’s restitution…
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Appeals court overturns Douglas County judge’s unlawful $22k restitution order
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A Douglas County judge ordered a defendant to pay crime victim restitution eight months beyond the legal deadline and nearly two years after the Colorado Supreme Court warned trial judges to follow the law, the state’s second-highest court ruled on Thursday. The Court of Appeals also noted former District Court Judge Patricia Herron “recharacterized history”…
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Colorado justices accept 3 appeals to sort out issues from landmark restitution ruling
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The Colorado Supreme Court announced on Monday it will hear three cases to rein in the confusion that has developed in the wake of its landmark 2021 decision addressing the process for making criminal defendants pay financial restitution to their victims. The questions the justices will answer include: ? Can a defendant’s plea agreement relinquish…
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Colorado justices accept 3 appeals to sort out issues from landmark restitution ruling
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The Colorado Supreme Court announced on Monday it will hear three cases to rein in the confusion that has developed in the wake of its landmark 2021 decision addressing the process for making criminal defendants pay financial restitution to their victims. The questions the justices will answer include: • Can a defendant’s plea agreement relinquish…
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Colorado justices accept 3 appeals to sort out issues from landmark restitution ruling
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The Colorado Supreme Court announced on Monday it will hear three cases to rein in the confusion that has developed in the wake of its landmark 2021 decision addressing the process for making criminal defendants pay financial restitution to their victims. The questions the justices will answer include: • Can a defendant’s plea agreement relinquish…
