conflict
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Appeals court overturns El Paso sex assault convictions due to defense lawyer’s own offenses
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A defense lawyer had an actual conflict of interest when he represented an El Paso County defendant at the same time the lawyer’s own drunk driving cases were pending before the same prosecutor’s office, Colorado’s second-highest court determined on Thursday. Because the U.S. Constitution guarantees the right to conflict-free legal representation and District Court Judge…
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Colorado judge’s financial conflict did not bias ruling, colleague finds
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A federal judge in Colorado ruled how “any judge” would have in a case, even though he had an undisclosed financial stake in one of the corporate parties, a colleague of his determined this week. U.S. District Court Senior Judge R. Brooke Jackson was one of the 131 federal judges across the country identified in…
