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Colorado justices weigh unique defense to murder for non-triggermen
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Some members of the Colorado Supreme Court on Wednesday signaled their agreement with the notion that a defendant need not admit to committing an underlying offense in order to assert a defense to the more serious crime of felony murder. Felony murder is a unique offense, in which a defendant is guilty if he participates in…
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Appeals court finds flaws with restitution orders in 2 criminal cases
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Colorado’s second-highest court last week overturned multiple orders, in whole or in part, for criminal defendants to pay financial restitution to their victims. In the first case out of Arapahoe County, Aron Sanchez was charged for two sets of crimes. He was accused of breaking into a vehicle to steal a stereo, after which his…
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Appeals court upholds lifetime sentence for non-triggerman in Colorado Springs murder
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It does not violate the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment to sentence an adult to life in prison without parole for a death they did not cause, Colorado’s second-highest court has ruled. Wayne Sellers IV challenged his sentence, the most severe punishment authorized under Colorado law, for the crime of felony murder.…
