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Report: Complaints against judges jumped in 2023, with several stemming from Trump disqualification case
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Misconduct allegations against judges jumped by more than 38% between 2022 and 2023, with almost a dozen complaints stemming from last year’s proceedings to disqualify Donald Trump from the presidential primary ballot, according to a report from the state’s judicial discipline body. The summary report from the Colorado Commission on Judicial Discipline also noted an…
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Report: Complaints against judges jumped in 2023, with several stemming from Trump disqualification case
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Misconduct allegations against judges jumped by more than 38% between 2022 and 2023, with almost a dozen complaints stemming from last year’s proceedings to disqualify Donald Trump from the presidential primary ballot, according to a report from the state’s judicial discipline body. The summary report from the Colorado Commission on Judicial Discipline also noted an…
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Report: Complaints against judges jumped in 2023, with several stemming from Trump disqualification case
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Misconduct allegations against judges jumped by more than 38% between 2022 and 2023, with almost a dozen complaints stemming from last year’s proceedings to disqualify Donald Trump from the presidential primary ballot, according to a report from the state’s judicial discipline body. The summary report from the Colorado Commission on Judicial Discipline also noted an…
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Appeals court clarifies criteria for extending juvenile speedy trial deadline
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Colorado’s second-highest court clarified for the first time earlier this month that the same criteria used to extend an adult criminal defendant’s speedy trial deadline also apply to juveniles. The federal and state constitutions guarantee the right to a speedy trial. In Colorado, that means the government generally must bring defendants to trial within six…
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Wrongful death suit over Mesa County apartment fire may proceed, appeals court rules
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Two women may proceed to sue a Mesa County landlord for their mother’s death in an apartment fire, after Colorado’s second-highest court ruled the wrongful death claims do not belong in the privately run arbitration system. The owners of 3272 F Road in Clifton argued Deborah Wood’s rental agreement required her and her heirs to…
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Former Colorado judge censured over sexual misconduct
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A special tribunal of the Colorado Supreme Court on Monday censured former Mesa County District Court Judge Lance P. Timbreza for his inappropriate sexual contact with another lawyer – the latest incident in Timbreza’s history of misconduct while on the bench. For the first time ever, the Supreme Court justices did not hand down the censure.…
