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Pueblo County judge wrongly incarcerated man awaiting sanity evaluation, Supreme Court rules
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A Pueblo County judge incorrectly believed he had to put a defendant in jail until medical professionals could evaluate the man’s sanity, the Colorado Supreme Court concluded last week in ordering the release of Mario Arellano from incarceration. In November, Arellano drove his car into the food court of the Pueblo Mall and claimed he had planted…
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Colorado justices signal intervention in 4 ongoing cases, including jury trials for evictions and Ouray rape prosecution
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The Colorado Supreme Court recently signaled it may intervene in four ongoing cases in the trial courts on subjects that include a tenant’s right to a jury trial in eviction proceedings, whether defendants should remain incarcerated pending a sanity evaluation and a judge’s decision to sanction prosecutors for late-disclosed evidence. Although most of the Supreme…
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Colorado appeals court issues rulings on drug money, Pueblo councilman’s vandalism
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Colorado’s second-highest court on Thursday decided a pair of cases involving financial restitution to crime victims, finding defendants are not obligated to repay police departments for money used in drug purchases and also upholding a Pueblo council member’s duty to pay $3,800 for his vandalism. Under Colorado law, most convictions require judges to consider whether…
