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Colorado Supreme Court recognizes defendants may appeal magistrates’ probable cause rulings
Addressing an issue never previously decided, the Colorado Supreme Court clarified on Monday that criminal defendants do have the right to appeal a magistrate’s decision that probable cause exists to hold a trial on the charged offenses. Colorado law provides for preliminary hearings, whose purpose is to screen out cases where prosecutors do not have probable…
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Colorado Supreme Court recognizes defendants may appeal magistrates’ probable cause rulings
Addressing an issue never previously decided, the Colorado Supreme Court clarified on Monday that criminal defendants do have the right to appeal a magistrate’s decision that probable cause exists to hold a trial on the charged offenses. Colorado law provides for preliminary hearings, whose purpose is to screen out cases where prosecutors do not have probable…
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Colorado Supreme Court recognizes defendants may appeal magistrates’ probable cause rulings
Addressing an issue never previously decided, the Colorado Supreme Court clarified on Monday that criminal defendants do have the right to appeal a magistrate’s decision that probable cause exists to hold a trial on the charged offenses. Colorado law provides for preliminary hearings, whose purpose is to screen out cases where prosecutors do not have probable…