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Appeals court orders Jeffco judge to reinstate dismissed drug charges
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Even though nearly seven months passed between the defendant’s arrest and the filing of criminal charges, Colorado’s second-highest court determined a Jefferson County judge was wrong to dismiss the case and ordered him to resume the drug-related proceedings. Under Colorado law, prosecutors are required to bring charges together in a single case if a defendant…
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Colorado appeals court reiterates fake police personas can be ‘victims’
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Fake police personas, used to catch people who lure children over the Internet, count as “victims” and can trigger the requirement to register as a sex offender for life, Colorado’s second-highest court ruled last week. A three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals declined to part ways with a 14-year-old decision that found the absence…
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Colorado appeals court finds no discrimination in Jeffco prosecutors’ dismissal of nonwhite jurors
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A Jefferson County judge correctly found no racial discrimination was behind prosecutors’ dismissal of two apparently Hispanic jurors, the state’s second-highest court ruled on Thursday, even though some of the prosecution’s reasons did not match with reality and the judge seemed largely concerned about the “long day” when justifying the women’s removal. Under longstanding U.S.…
