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Colorado Supreme Court rules technical oversight does not imperil Denver murder conviction
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The Colorado Supreme Court decided on Monday that no specific procedure is required to designate a witness as an expert at trial, and the fact that a trial judge neglected to do so in front of the jury did not warrant reversal of a man’s murder conviction. Denver jurors convicted Pete Paul Martinez of stabbing 77-year-old Lewis Easterday to…
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Appeals court rules class action lawsuits not dead even when there is no ‘class’
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Colorado’s second-highest court clarified on Thursday that lawsuits filed as class actions may still proceed for the individual named plaintiffs in the event a judge declines to authorize the class portion. A three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals noted the U.S. Supreme Court, for federal cases, has ruled the lack of a class does…
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Colorado Supreme Court to hear latest LGBTQ discrimination case against Masterpiece Cakeshop
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The Colorado Supreme Court announced on Tuesday that it will decide whether a Lakewood cake maker violated the state’s anti-discrimination law when he declined to supply a cake to celebrate a customer’s gender transition, or if the First Amendment protected his refusal. The case involves a familiar name: Masterpiece Cakeshop, whose owner, Jack Phillips, was…
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Colorado Supreme Court takes up El Paso County criminal case
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The Colorado Supreme Court announced on Monday that it will hear an appeal out of El Paso County questioning how criminal defendants can challenge the validity of an order to pay restitution to their victims, if the order occurs beyond the legal deadline. At least three of the court’s seven members must agree to review…
