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Pueblo County judge wrongly incarcerated man awaiting sanity evaluation, Supreme Court rules
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A Pueblo County judge incorrectly believed he had to put a defendant in jail until medical professionals could evaluate the man’s sanity, the Colorado Supreme Court concluded last week in ordering the release of Mario Arellano from incarceration. In November, Arellano drove his car into the food court of the Pueblo Mall and claimed he had planted…
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Colorado justices signal intervention in 4 ongoing cases, including jury trials for evictions and Ouray rape prosecution
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The Colorado Supreme Court recently signaled it may intervene in four ongoing cases in the trial courts on subjects that include a tenant’s right to a jury trial in eviction proceedings, whether defendants should remain incarcerated pending a sanity evaluation and a judge’s decision to sanction prosecutors for late-disclosed evidence. Although most of the Supreme…
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Colorado Supreme Court permits Boulder prosecutors to use murder suspect’s statements to police
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The Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Monday that prosecutors in Boulder County may use a murder suspect’s statements to police as evidence because officers did not need to give the defendant a Miranda warning prior to asking about all of the blood on him. Brandon Mason Bohler stands accused of first-degree murder for fatally stabbing…
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Colorado Supreme Court permits Boulder prosecutors to use murder suspect’s statements to police
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The Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Monday that prosecutors in Boulder County may use a murder suspect’s statements to police as evidence because officers did not need to give the defendant a Miranda warning prior to asking about all of the blood on him. Brandon Mason Bohler stands accused of first-degree murder for fatally stabbing…
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Colorado Supreme Court permits Boulder prosecutors to use murder suspect’s statements to police
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The Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Monday that prosecutors in Boulder County may use a murder suspect’s statements to police as evidence because officers did not need to give the defendant a Miranda warning prior to asking about all of the blood on him. Brandon Mason Bohler stands accused of first-degree murder for fatally stabbing…
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Colorado employees who allegedly prolonged man’s mental commitment given immunity by federal judge
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A federal judge last month granted immunity to two government employees who were allegedly part of a scheme to keep a man confined at the state’s mental health facility without a legitimate reason. David Hoffschneider pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to attempted murder and other charges in Jefferson County, then entered treatment at…
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Colorado Supreme Court, 5-2, endorses use of illegally obtained evidence against convicted man
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Even though police violated Ari Misha Liggett’s Miranda rights when they interrogated him, an Arapahoe County judge properly allowed prosecutors to use those statements against Liggett if he attempted to introduce evidence of his mental illness, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Monday. The 5-2 decision implicated the ability of mentally ill people to pursue…
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Adams County judge mistakenly found woman too risky to release, appeals court concludes
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A woman spent nearly two decades in the state’s custody after she was found not guilty by reason of insanity of killing her husband. An Adams County judge denied her unconditional release in 2020, despite testimony from medical experts that Priscilla Lee Jansma presented little to no risk of violence. Now, the state’s second-highest court has…
