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Appeals court finds Adams County deputy performed illegal pat-down search, reverses drug conviction
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An Adams County sheriff’s deputy caught Marvin Clever jaywalking late one night and stopped him. Clever indicated he would be more careful in the future. But after talking for a few minutes more, Deputy Steffen Hileman decided to search Clever for weapons, ultimately discovering methamphetamine. A jury convicted Clever of drug possession and a judge…
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Appeals panel reverses Jeffco sex assault conviction based on improper testimony
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A man convicted in Jefferson County for sexual assault will receive a new trial after the state’s Court of Appeals determined his jury heard improper testimony from an expert witness. Prosecutors called an expert in sex assault, trauma and behavior dynamics to testify at the 2018 trial of Alfonso McGregor. The prosecutor asked the expert…
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Denver officers had insufficient grounds to search hoodie-wearing juvenile, appeals court decides
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Colorado’s second-highest court found that two Denver officers needed more justification to search a juvenile than the fact he was wearing a hooded sweatshirt in the summer, and consequently, the drugs discovered on the boy should not have been allowed as evidence. Based on that unlawful search, a three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals…
