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Colorado Supreme Court dings El Paso County DA’s office for filing appeal in wrong court
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El Paso County prosecutors incorrectly filed an appeal with the Colorado Supreme Court, the justices ruled on Monday, explaining that a trial judge did not, in fact, declare a law unconstitutional and enable the state’s highest court to hear the case directly. Under state law and the procedural rules, district attorneys have a duty to…
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El Paso County prosecutor’s pattern of violations prompts appeals court to uphold dismissal of charges
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Colorado’s second-highest court last week agreed an El Paso County judge was justified in dismissing some of the charges from a criminal case in response to a prosecutor’s repeated failure to timely disclose evidence. The Fourth Judicial District Attorney’s Office argued that District Court Judge Samuel Evig had not found prosecutor Jessica Kiel committed a…
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Colorado Supreme Court clarifies juvenile defendants can immediately appeal competency findings
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When a magistrate decides whether a juvenile defendant is competent to stand trial, that determination is appealable to a judge right away, Colorado’s Supreme Court ruled on Monday. Addressing a question it had never before answered, the court acknowledged there would be significant consequences if a child were to proceed to trial despite actually being…
