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Appeals court says Denver judge was wrong to revoke woman’s jury trial for being late
Colorado’s second-highest court on Thursday concluded a Denver judge wrongfully revoked a woman’s jury trial for child neglect because she arrived late the morning of the trial. Child welfare cases, formally known as dependency and neglect, are not criminal, and so a parent has no constitutional right to a jury trial. But the Colorado legislature…
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State Supreme Court accepts appeals on DIA noise, thwarted bike theft
The Colorado Supreme Court agreed this week to hear two cases on appeal, involving Denver’s liability for noise violations at Denver International Airport as well as a Boulder thief’s role in damaging his victim’s car. Two other cases fell just short of the threshold for accepting an appeal, which requires agreement from three out of the…
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Appeals court rejects ‘low functioning’ defendant’s claim he was incompetent to stand trial
Despite his defense lawyers’ repeated concerns that his mental abilities were deteriorating and he failed to absorb meaningful information about his criminal proceedings, a man was not entitled to yet another evaluation after numerous psychologists found him competent to stand trial, the state’s Court of Appeals has ruled. A Denver jury convicted Matthew F. Rodriguez…
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YESTERYEAR: Top Colorado politicians sworn into office
… Twenty Years Ago This Week in the Colorado Statesman … Diana DeGette is sworn in as a new member of Congress. The newly elected DeGettehosted more than 300 of her supporters, family and closest friends at her ceremonial swearing-in as the 19th representative for the 1st Congressional District. DeGette replaced retiring Democratic Rep. Pat Schroeder, who had served…