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Divided Colorado Supreme Court says defendants liable for possessing others’ debit cards even if unusable
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The Colorado Supreme Court, by 5-2, rejected the idea on Monday that prosecutors need to prove a debit card is functional in order to convict a defendant of unlawfully possessing someone else’s “financial device.” The majority believed Colorado law was straightforward: Legislators outlawed the unauthorized possession of a financial device, and debit cards were specifically…
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Colorado justices mull level of proof needed for crime of possessing others’ debit cards
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Members of the Colorado Supreme Court considered on Tuesday whether simply having another person’s debit card amounts to the crime of possessing someone’s “financial device,” or if prosecutors must also prove the card is functional. During oral arguments, Justice Richard L. Gabriel said he was worried about over-criminalizing conduct that, practically speaking, might not have…
