Criminal Appeal
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Chief justice, top appeals judges address Colorado legal community | APPELLATE UPDATE
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Members of Colorado’s state and federal appellate courts addressed the legal community on Friday with the latest details about caseloads, internal changes and upcoming initiatives. Chief Justice Monica M. Márquez, who has occupied the state’s top judicial role for almost one year, described an “interesting trend” of the Colorado Supreme Court receiving slightly fewer petitions to…
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Colorado Supreme Court justice warns AG’s office: Watch your arguments on appeal
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In one of the final oral arguments prior to the Colorado Supreme Court’s summer recess, one justice delivered an unusual and specific message to the Colorado Attorney General’s Office about a technical legal issue that has substantial ramifications in criminal appeals. Normally, a lawyer must raise an argument in a lower court to “preserve” it…