intoxication
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Denver detox center did not violate man’s rights with 10-hour hold, 10th Circuit says
The Colorado-based federal appeals court concluded on Tuesday that Denver’s detoxification facility did not violate a man’s rights by holding him against his will for 10 hours until his blood alcohol content was projected to reach zero. Unusually, Brian Garrett’s lawsuit against Denver CARES unfolded as a federal jury concluded the organization violated the constitutional…
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Colorado Supreme Court censures ex-Denver juvenile Judge Brett Woods for alcohol use, retaliation
The Colorado Supreme Court censured former Denver Juvenile Court Presiding Judge D. Brett Woods on Monday for being intoxicated on the job and for firing an employee who first reported his problematic alcohol use five years ago. Woods was a judge on Denver’s freestanding juvenile court for 17 years before stepping down in February. His…
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Colorado Supreme Court takes up 6 cases on involuntary intoxication, malicious prosecution, child neglect trials
The Colorado Supreme Court announced on Monday it will hear appeals in six cases, including the question of whether a person can claim he knowingly ingested one substance that was secretly laced with another behavior-altering substance as a defense to criminal charges. At least three of the court’s seven members must agree to grant an…
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Denver judge wrongly barred witness testimony, appeals court rules in reversing 64-year sentence
A Denver judge incorrectly blocked a key witness from testifying at a man’s trial, prompting Colorado’s second-highest court to overturn the defendant’s convictions and 64-year prison sentence last week. Jurors convicted Amos Rogers in 2020 of assaulting a police officer, drug possession and carrying a prohibited large-capacity gun magazine, among other offenses. Rogers did not…