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Appeals court says Denver judge was wrong to revoke woman’s jury trial for being late
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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
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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
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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
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… 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…
