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Arapahoe County judge was wrong to condition parents’ visits with child on drug tests: Appeals court
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An Arapahoe County judge had no apparent legal basis to require two parents to submit to sobriety tests as a condition for visiting their child, Colorado’s second-highest court determined last week. Former District Court Judge Natalie T. Chase declined to permit a mother and father to resume in-person visits with a child identified as A.P.…
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Judicial discipline commission considered 17 cases in 2021, issued several private reprimands
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The body in charge of disciplinary proceedings against state judges investigated 17 complaints in 2021, ultimately imposing private discipline on a handful of trial judges. Although the Colorado Commission on Judicial Discipline received 200 requests for evaluation, as complaints are known, the commission rejected 183 of them outright for failing to plausibly allege a violation…
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Supreme Court gives Summit County judge unpaid suspension for criminal violation
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Mark D. Thompson, a judge in the Fifth Judicial District who pleaded guilty this year to the misdemeanor offense of disorderly conduct, will receive a 30-day unpaid suspension for violating the judicial code of conduct with his actions. The Colorado Supreme Court issued its sanction on Monday in an unsigned opinion that imposed a rare…
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Former Arapahoe judge’s bias not grounds for overturning conviction, appeals court says
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Colorado’s second-highest court has waved aside the notion that the racial bias of a former Arapahoe County judge deprived a Black defendant of his constitutional rights, determining its own review of the trial has now “purged the case of any taint.” In April of last year, the Colorado Supreme Court censured and accepted the resignation…
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State Supreme Court says censured judge’s admission of bias not grounds to vacate decision
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The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday concluded its censure of a former judge for racial bias and professional misconduct does not mean she actually was biased in a child welfare proceeding. In April 2021, the Supreme Court censured and accepted the resignation of then-Arapahoe County District Court Judge Natalie T. Chase, who admitted to saying…
