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Colorado governor’s wildlife appointees rejected by panel, lawmakers discuss AI gun detection, Denver to close migrant shelters | WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
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Today is March 1, 2024, and here’s what you need to know: Last year, Gov. Jared Polis appointed three people — allegedly with ties to the animal rights community — to the state’s parks and wildlife commission But those nominees still had to go through a confirmation process with the state Senate, and on Thursday,…
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‘You guys will get me someone to talk to’ not a request for counsel, appeals court rules
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Colorado’s second-highest court ruled last week that an El Paso County defendant did not clearly invoke his constitutional right to an attorney when he wondered whether police could “get me someone to talk to right now” during his interrogation. Even though a Colorado Springs detective told Jacolby Hasan Williams he would “just proceed with the…
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Colorado’s justices to review whether lawyers may abandon clients’ claims
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Can attorneys representing defendants who are challenging their criminal convictions discard certain claims without their clients’ informed consent? The Colorado Supreme Court announced on Monday it will review the question after the state’s Court of Appeals last year decided a Larimer County judge was wrong to assume a defendant’s lawyer had abandoned some of her client’s…
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12 years in City Hall: Denver Mayor Michael Hancock’s triumphs and failures
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Outgoing Mayor of Denver, Michael Hancock, sits down with Denver Gazette for exclusive interviewTom HellauerTomHellauertom.hellauer@denvergazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a3dc80c0a9d47d671f1f3da872cc0a06?s=100&d=mm&r=g Denver Mayor Michael Hancock knows what he’ll regret most from his three terms as the most powerful elected leader in Denver: Thanksgiving, 2020, when Hancock was caught traveling in the thick of a raging pandemic despite having urged the public to…
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Appeals court grants new trial to man who represented self in Adams County
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Although the prosecution, the trial judge and even one of the defendant’s own lawyers believed Scott Daniels Barkley was manipulating his criminal case, the state’s Court of Appeals overturned his convictions last week after taking issue with Barkley’s representation of himself at trial. There is a constitutional right to counsel in criminal cases, but a…
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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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Appeals court finds Arapahoe judge mistakenly allowed man to represent self at trial
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Colorado’s second-highest court has determined an Arapahoe County judge wrongfully found a defendant had waived his constitutional right to an attorney when she failed to establish Jahmal Ali Price understood the consequences of proceeding to trial without legal representation. Although the Sixth Amendment guarantees criminal defendants the right to counsel, it is possible for defendants…
