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Colorado House speaker turns away Israeli families, proposal requiring pet registration is likely dead | WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
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Today is Feb. 6, 2024, and here’s what you need to know: A delegation of Israeli officials and representatives of six families of hostages and victims of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack was turned away Monday by House Speaker Julie McCluskie. That wasn’t how it was supposed to happen, according to Rep. Ron Weinberg, R-Loveland,…
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Federal judge, again, declines to dismiss lawsuit against Pueblo deputies in man’s killing
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For the second time, a federal judge last week refused to dismiss the excessive force claims against a Pueblo County sheriff’s deputy who shot and killed a man outside a middle school after the man accidently tried to get into a car he mistook for his own. Kristy Ward Stamp, mother of the late Richard Ward,…
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Colorado appeals court issues rulings on drug money, Pueblo councilman’s vandalism
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Colorado’s second-highest court on Thursday decided a pair of cases involving financial restitution to crime victims, finding defendants are not obligated to repay police departments for money used in drug purchases and also upholding a Pueblo council member’s duty to pay $3,800 for his vandalism. Under Colorado law, most convictions require judges to consider whether…
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Colorado Supreme Court to hear cases on identity theft, child prostitution
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The Colorado Supreme Court announced on Monday that it will review two criminal appeals, one questioning the level of proof needed to convict a man for trying to prostitute a child and the other addressing whether an organization can be the victim of identity theft. At least three of the court’s seven members must consent…
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Federal judge refuses to dismiss lawsuit against Pueblo deputy who killed man at middle school
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A federal judge on Tuesday refused to dismiss an excessive force lawsuit against a Pueblo County sheriff’s deputy who shot and killed a man outside a middle school after the man accidently tried to get into a car he mistook for his own. Kristy Ward Stamp, mother of the late Richard Ward, alleged Deputy Charles…
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Appeals court overturns assault conviction for lack of evidence defendant was ‘in custody’
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Pueblo County prosecutors failed to prove a defendant was “in custody” at the time she allegedly assaulted a sheriff’s deputy, the state’s Court of Appeals ruled on Thursday in overturning the conviction. Alicia Antonia Martinez is serving a six-year sentence for allegedly striking a deputy with her vehicle as she evaded law enforcement. Prosecutors charged…
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State Supreme Court says judges may not force mediation in criminal cases
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Resolving a question it had never addressed before, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Monday that trial judges may not order the parties in a criminal case to participate in mediation to potentially reach a plea agreement. Although prosecutors and defendants can voluntarily decide to sit down with a neutral third party and discuss how…
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Appeals court clarifies Fifth Amendment rights of sex offense probationers
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Colorado’s second-highest court clarified last week that if a defendant on sex-offender probation refuses to accept responsibility for his crime as a condition of treatment, the Fifth Amendment’s protection against self-incrimination may prohibit a judge from revoking his probation as a punishment. A three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals specified that its decision applied…
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Appeals court finds Pueblo judge had no authority to make defendant pay for dismissed case
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The state’s Court of Appeals has reversed the $67 charge a Pueblo County judge imposed on a criminal defendant, even though prosecutors had dismissed the case against him. A three-judge panel for the appellate court agreed state law did not allow District Court Judge Thomas Flesher to order such payment from Benjamin Franklin Sanchez, even if…
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Pueblo man arrested for attempted tampering in primary election
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Police arrested a Pueblo man on Thursday for allegedly trying to tamper with a voting machine during Colorado’s primary election in June. Richard Patton, 31, was booked into the Pueblo County Judicial Center on charges of tampering with a voting machine and cybercrimes, according to the Pueblo Police Department. Patton was arrested without incident at…
