Judge Jennifer Torrington
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Denver judge failed to let defendant speak, appeals court finds in overturning 48-year sentence
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A Denver judge did not satisfy her obligation to ensure a defendant knew he could speak on his own behalf at sentencing, Colorado’s second-highest court determined in ordering a new sentencing hearing on Thursday. Jurors convicted Joe Pinheiro of second-degree murder in 2022 for fatally shooting Philip Malinowski five years earlier. The parties disputed whether Pinheiro’s…
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Denver judge made custody decision without notice to father, appeals court finds
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Colorado’s second-highest court overturned a Denver judge’s custody order on Thursday after finding the children’s father received no notice the judge actually intended to take testimony and make a decision at an advertised “status conference.” The grandmother of two children filed a custody petition in November 2023 after the death of her daughter — the children’s…
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Appeals court finds Denver judge relied on unsupported facts to restrict man’s parenting time
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Colorado’s second-highest court concluded last week that a Denver judge made “clearly erroneous” findings about a father’s sobriety and his request for parenting time when she imposed strict conditions on visitations with his children. Following a virtual April 2024 hearing in which both parents were without a lawyer, then-District Court Judge Jennifer Torrington issued an…
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Lawyer who brought outside legal information into jury room triggers new sex assault trial
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A man serving a potential life sentence for sexually assaulting a woman will receive a new trial after Colorado’s second-highest court agreed an attorney who served on the jury injected damaging, outside legal information into deliberations. In 2016, a jury convicted Damon D. Newman of raping a woman at gunpoint at Sloan’s Lake. Investigators linked Newman…
