rebecca freyre
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Appeals court clarifies that judges may not ignore postconviction claims
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A Larimer County judge was wrong to ignore a set of claims a man raised on his own following his conviction, concluded the state’s Court of Appeals last week, ruling that judges cannot dismiss a self-represented defendant’s arguments simply because an appointed lawyer later chooses not to pursue those. Jurors convicted Anthony Robert Smith in…
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Appeals court denies request to block voter-approved minimum price for cigarettes
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The state’s second-highest court has rejected a Littleton woman’s request to block the portion of a voter-approved ballot initiative that established a minimum price for cigarettes. Jennifer Ann Smith filed suit against the state of Colorado and multiple officials following the passage of Proposition EE in the 2020 election. A key function of the initiative…
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Q&A with Judge Gilbert Román | Incoming chief of appeals court talks about pressing issues for justice, administration
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FAST FACTS: Gilbert M. Román will become chief judge of the 22-member Colorado Court of Appeals in January and will be the first Latino in the position. He has been a judge on the state’s intermediate appellate court since 2005 and is currently the deputy chief for retiring Chief Judge Steve Bernard. Prior to joining the…