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Ex-Dominion executive’s defamation claims may proceed against Trump campaign and supporters
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Colorado’s second-highest court on Thursday agreed a former executive of Denver-based Dominion Voting Systems may proceed with his defamation lawsuit against Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and several prominent supporters who publicly accused him of rigging the 2020 election based on the unproven claims of a conservative podcaster. A three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals…
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Ex-Dominion executive’s defamation claims may proceed against Trump campaign and supporters
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Colorado’s second-highest court on Thursday agreed a former executive of Denver-based Dominion Voting Systems may proceed with his defamation lawsuit against Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and several prominent supporters who publicly accused him of rigging the 2020 election based on the unproven claims of a conservative podcaster. A three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals…
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Appeals judge trains fire on Colorado Supreme Court’s landmark restitution ruling
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One member of Colorado’s second-highest court has mounted an unusual effort in recent weeks to broadcast his dissatisfaction with a state Supreme Court decision that resulted in scores of financial restitution orders to crime victims being overturned on appeal. In Colorado, when a convicted defendant is required to pay restitution, prosecutors typically must provide the…
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Appeals judge trains fire on Colorado Supreme Court’s landmark restitution ruling
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One member of Colorado’s second-highest court has mounted an unusual effort in recent weeks to broadcast his dissatisfaction with a state Supreme Court decision that resulted in scores of financial restitution orders to crime victims being overturned on appeal. In Colorado, when a convicted defendant is required to pay restitution, prosecutors typically must provide the…
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Appeals judge trains fire on Colorado Supreme Court’s landmark restitution ruling
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One member of Colorado’s second-highest court has mounted an unusual effort in recent weeks to broadcast his dissatisfaction with a state Supreme Court decision that resulted in scores of financial restitution orders to crime victims being overturned on appeal. In Colorado, when a convicted defendant is required to pay restitution, prosecutors typically must provide the…
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Recognizing ‘anomaly,’ appeals court says man with dismissed sex offense must continue sex offender registration
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Colorado’s second-highest court last week concluded a man must continue his placement on the sex offender registry despite the dismissal of his sex offense charge – throwing the question to the legislature about whether and how to correct that unusual outcome. The issue before the Court of Appeals revolved around the treatment of a deferred judgment…
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Denver police failed to provide Miranda warning to suspect, appeals court finds
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Colorado’s second-highest court agreed last week that a suspect was both in custody and subject to interrogation, meaning Denver police needed to provide a Miranda warning for his statements to be admissible at trial. However, the three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals simultaneously found Dalani D. Bland’s comments to police about a bar fight…
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Colorado appeals court agrees media organizations not entitled to police officer records
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The state’s second-highest court on Thursday agreed the Colorado Attorney General’s Office acted reasonably by refusing to provide two media outlets with records of police officers who are certified and, for misconduct-related reasons, decertified as law enforcement. A three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals determined the Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Board qualifies…
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Colorado appeals court rules warrantless search of man’s computer constitutional
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Fort Collins police acted constitutionally when they viewed and collected files depicting illegal activity from a defendant’s computer without a warrant, Colorado’s second-highest court ruled last week. The case questioned whether the Fourth Amendment, which prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures, applies when a private party shows a video on another person’s device to law enforcement –…