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Appeals court upholds 2 murder convictions, rejecting complaints about jurors’ use of devices
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Colorado’s second-highest court recently upheld the murder convictions of two defendants who claimed it was inappropriate that jurors were allowed to simulate the pressure of a trigger-pull with a mechanical device and to use a calculator during deliberations. In the first case out of Denver, a jury convicted Samuel J. Robinson of second-degree murder for…
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In rare do-over, appeals court changes reasons for ordering new Denver assault trial
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In an unusual move, Colorado’s second-highest court last month withdrew its opinion ordering a new trial for a man convicted of assault, then issued a new decision with heavily modified reasoning. Originally, a three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals overturned Amos Rogers’ criminal convictions and 64-year sentence in October. It reasoned a Denver trial…
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Denver judge wrongly barred witness testimony, appeals court rules in reversing 64-year sentence
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A Denver judge incorrectly blocked a key witness from testifying at a man’s trial, prompting Colorado’s second-highest court to overturn the defendant’s convictions and 64-year prison sentence last week. Jurors convicted Amos Rogers in 2020 of assaulting a police officer, drug possession and carrying a prohibited large-capacity gun magazine, among other offenses. Rogers did not…
