Influence A Public Servant
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Man who asked mom to lie to parole officer can stand convicted, Colorado Supreme Court decides
Attempting to influence a public servant is a crime that can include a defendant’s use of a third party to convey false information, the Colorado Supreme Court decided on Monday. There was no dispute that Michael Thomas Hupke asked his mother to lie to his parole officer on his behalf. Further, Hupke acknowledged Mesa County…
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Appeals court says man cannot escape conviction for attempting to influence public servant by blaming mom
Colorado’s second-highest court ruled on Thursday that the crime of attempting to influence a public servant does not require the defendant to personally be the one making the deceptive statement. In answering the question for the first time, a three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals upheld a man’s conviction despite his effort to blame…