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Appeals court reluctantly agrees dismissal of Hispanic juror not a constitutional violation
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Despite its deep skepticism that Adams County prosecutors removed a Hispanic juror from a Hispanic defendant’s trial for reasons other than race, Colorado’s second-highest court on Thursday nevertheless found the prosecution’s conduct did not amount to a violation of the constitutional prohibition on race-based dismissals. A three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals emphasized the…
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Appeals court reverses another Adams County conviction for judge’s faulty analogy
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The state’s Court of Appeals has reversed another criminal conviction in Adams County because the trial judge attempted to illustrate the concept of reasonable doubt to jurors in a manner the Colorado Supreme Court has since deemed problematic. Jurors convicted Brett Thomas Little in 2019 on one count of criminal mischief after he allegedly broke…
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Adams County conviction overturned after judge’s borrowed jury instruction deemed problematic
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An Adams County judge provided a confusing instruction to jurors in a murder trial that failed to properly explain all of the nuances of self-defense, the state’s second-highest court ruled last month in reversing the defendant’s conviction. District Court Chief Judge Don Quick presided over Jorge Garcia’s 2018 trial, where the only question was whether…
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Another criminal conviction reversed in Adams County due to judge’s improper comments
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For the fourth time in six months, a criminal conviction has been overturned because an Adams County judge erroneously explained the concept of reasonable doubt to jurors in a manner that lowered the prosecution’s burden of proof. Last week, the state’s Court of Appeals ordered a new trial for Joshua W. Moore because of comments…
