judge steven katzman
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Colorado Supreme Court accepts cases on police interrogation, mid-trial appeal
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The Colorado Supreme Court recently announced it will determine whether a convicted defendant should receive a new trial after detectives interrogated him without probable cause and while executing a narrow order to obtain his DNA. At least three of the court’s seven members must agree to take up a case on appeal. The justices also…
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Colorado Supreme Court clears way for child abuse trial to proceed
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The Colorado Supreme Court last week dismissed an appeal in a child abuse case out of El Paso County, declining to address the defendant’s claim that prosecutors’ bad-faith delay required the charges to be thrown out under the state’s speedy-trial law. The court originally took interest in Khristina Phillips’ case earlier this year and ordered…
