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Colorado Supreme Court overturns judge’s prohibition on using victim’s journals as evidence
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The Colorado Supreme Court on Friday overturned a judge’s order that prohibited Boulder County prosecutors from using the 25-year-old journal entries of an alleged victim to prove the defendant committed sexual assault on a child. In a brief April 25 order, the justices rejected the notion that the district attorney’s office should have allowed the…
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Colorado justices to examine whether defendants must reveal evidence in postconviction challenges
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The Colorado Supreme Court signaled last week that it will address whether judges have the authority to make defendants who are challenging their convictions disclose details to the prosecution about what their expert witnesses will say. In contrast to direct appeals of criminal convictions, defendants may pursue postconviction relief in the trial courts for limited…
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Crime victim cannot sue over sheriff’s mishandling of evidence, appeals court rules
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A crime victim cannot claim the Huerfano County Sheriff’s Office violated his constitutional rights when it failed to process key evidence and compromised his assailant’s prosecution, Colorado’s second-highest court ruled on Thursday. In a case that seemed to be the first of its kind, Brian Puerta attempted to sue Sheriff Bruce Newman and three of…
