interlocutory appeal
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Colorado justices overrule appeals court’s incorrect standard for mid-case appeals
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The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday overruled a 7-year-old decision of the state’s second-highest court after a plaintiff, the defendants and even one of the judges who participated in the decision called it incorrect. Typically, appellate courts can only review final judgments that address all of the claims in a civil case. However, Colorado’s procedural…
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Colorado Supreme Court clears way for child abuse trial to proceed
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The Colorado Supreme Court last week dismissed an appeal in a child abuse case out of El Paso County, declining to address the defendant’s claim that prosecutors’ bad-faith delay required the charges to be thrown out under the state’s speedy-trial law. The court originally took interest in Khristina Phillips’ case earlier this year and ordered…
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Colorado Supreme Court accepts Weld County criminal appeal
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The Colorado Supreme Court announced on Tuesday that it will review a criminal case out of Weld County in which the jury instructions used to convict a man differed from the offense prosecutors charged him with. At least three of the court’s seven members must consent to take up an appeal. The justices also signaled…
