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Appeals court declares automatic reversal not required after Jeffco judge forgot to swear in jurors
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For the first time on Thursday, Colorado’s second-highest court determined a criminal defendant’s convictions are not subject to automatic reversal if a trial judge neglects to swear in the jury. A three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals noted the U.S. Supreme Court has never explicitly recognized the constitutional right to a sworn jury. Although…
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Adams County waited too long to challenge DIA’s noise modeling system, Colorado justices rule
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Adams County and its municipalities waited two decades too long to sue Denver over its failure to use a noise monitoring system at Denver International Airport, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Monday, permitting the continued use of an outdated and inaccurate method for modeling noise instead. The ruling comes at a time of significant…
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Colorado Supreme Court wary of letting Adams County sue Denver over airport noise monitoring
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Three years after a trial judge concluded Denver breached its agreement with Adams County to use a monitoring system for reporting excessive noise levels at Denver International Airport, the Colorado Supreme Court is weighing whether Adams County actually missed its opportunity to sue – by 20 years. The airport opened in 1995 after Denver annexed 55…
