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Appeals court finds El Paso judge properly handled ‘violent outburst’ during jury deliberations
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Colorado’s second-highest court has found an El Paso County judge properly addressed a “violent outburst” that occurred during jury deliberations, and consequently declined to reverse the defendant’s convictions. A three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals believed a heated confrontation in the jury room that left one juror feeling “threatened” did not amount to the…
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Appeals court upholds lifetime sentence for non-triggerman in Colorado Springs murder
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It does not violate the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment to sentence an adult to life in prison without parole for a death they did not cause, Colorado’s second-highest court has ruled. Wayne Sellers IV challenged his sentence, the most severe punishment authorized under Colorado law, for the crime of felony murder.…
