Judge Lindsay Vangilder
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Appeals court finds Wheat Ridge officer lacked probable cause to arrest defendant
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Colorado’s second-highest court on Thursday concluded a Wheat Ridge officer lacked probable cause to arrest a man because the information suggesting criminal activity was too minimal to act upon. Corporal Jeremy Schmitz was patrolling a truck stop off of Interstate 70 when he encountered a Toyota 4Runner that a database identified as stolen. The vehicle…
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Colorado justices agree Jeffco judge wrongly ordered disclosure of confidential communications
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The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday concluded a Jefferson County judge went too far when she ordered a group of plaintiffs alleging injuries from toxic chemical exposure to disclose communications with their attorneys to the opposing side. Justice Richard L. Gabriel, writing in the June 10 opinion, agreed the facts of the plaintiffs’ exposure were not…
