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Colorado had no ability to prosecute New York woman for unauthorized credit card use, appeals court rules
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Douglas County prosecutors had no basis to pursue charges of identity theft and unauthorized use of a financial device against a woman in New York whose conduct occurred entirely outside of Colorado, the state’s second-highest court ruled on Thursday. Erin Brennan and her children lived in New York and her ex-husband moved to Colorado after…
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Defense lawyer’s sarcasm did not indicate ineffective assistance, appeals court says
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Colorado’s second-highest court last month rejected a defendant’s argument that his trial lawyer had essentially told jurors he was guilty, when it instead appeared the lawyer was speaking sarcastically. El Paso County prosecutors charged David Donis in 2007 with numerous criminal offenses, including kidnapping, burglary and assault. Jurors convicted him and Donis is serving life…
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Montezuma County man’s drug conviction overturned because prosecution presented skewed narrative
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Colorado’s second-highest court last week overturned a Montezuma County man’s drug conviction after concluding a judge allowed the prosecution to present a misleading version of what happened during the defendant’s arrest. At the 2022 trial of Ramon Alberto Dejesus III, jurors saw a series of largely muted videos depicting Dejesus’ arrest and booking into jail. At…
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Colorado law does not require title transfer to convey vehicles as gifts, appeals court rules
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For the first time, the state’s Court of Appeals has decided Colorado law does not require vehicle owners to transfer the title when gifting a car to another person in order for the exchange to be valid. “Whether parties have transferred ownership depends on the facts of a particular case,” wrote Judge Terry Fox in…
