denise lynch
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Appeals court overturns Rio Blanco County convictions after judge’s wrongful order
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Although prosecutors in Rio Blanco County eventually secured convictions after bringing a man to trial three times, the state’s Court of Appeals has now wiped away the verdict because of a judge’s erroneous decision to declare a mistrial during the first set of proceedings. On appeal, defendant Edwin Richard Gereaux alleged a range of errors…