forgery
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Appeals court reverses convictions after judge blocked defendant’s character witnesses
Colorado’s second-highest court reversed a defendant’s convictions for forgery and attempting to influence a public servant last month because a Boulder County judge improperly blocked him from calling witnesses who could testify about his truthfulness. A three-judge Court of Appeals panel also clarified for the first time that a person can be convicted for attempting…
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Judge throws out lawsuit from alleged ‘sovereign citizen’ facing prosecution in Eagle County
A federal judge has dismissed an Eagle County woman’s complaint against the law enforcement officials who are prosecuting her for numerous charges of forgery, cybercrime and sending fake tax documents to judges. Although Adrienne Avril Perer called it a “false assumption” that she was an adherent of the anti-government “sovereign citizen” movement, she nevertheless sued…