routt county
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Colorado justices ease path for successful civil defendants to turn around, sue plaintiffs
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The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday embraced a lower hurdle for successful defendants in civil cases to turn around and sue the plaintiffs for allegedly entangling them in baseless litigation. A person may sue for malicious prosecution when someone knowingly initiates a criminal or civil legal proceeding that lacks merit and the case ends in…
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Appeals court, prosecution, defense all agree judge violated Routt County defendant’s right to counsel
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After the government and the defense both expressed rare agreement that a judge failed to ensure a Routt County defendant validly gave up his right to counsel, Colorado’s second-highest court ordered a redo of the proceedings on Thursday. Jurors convicted Movses Mikaelyan in 2023 for the unauthorized use of a financial device. Shortly afterward, his…
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Colorado justices consider scenario where civil defendants turn around and sue plaintiffs
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Members of the Colorado Supreme Court considered on Wednesday how easily defendants who win their civil lawsuits should be able to turn around and sue the plaintiffs for allegedly entangling them in baseless litigation. A person may sue for malicious prosecution when someone knowingly initiates a criminal or civil legal proceeding that lacks merit and…
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Appeals court: Defendant’s traumatic brain injury not a basis for finding life sentence unconstitutional
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Despite the state legislature’s recognition that traumatic brain injuries lead to a greater risk of involvement with the criminal justice system, Colorado’s second-highest court on Thursday ruled such injuries do not make a defendant’s life sentence cruel and unusual. Stanley Paul Jurgevich, who is serving life in prison with the possibility of parole for his 1988…
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Appeals court: Defendant’s traumatic brain injury not a basis for finding life sentence unconstitutional
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Despite the state legislature’s recognition that traumatic brain injuries lead to a greater risk of involvement with the criminal justice system, Colorado’s second-highest court on Thursday ruled such injuries do not make a defendant’s life sentence cruel and unusual. Stanley Paul Jurgevich, who is serving life in prison with the possibility of parole for his 1988…
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State treasurer candidate Horn draws fire again from fellow county officials
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The Steamboat Pilot & Today reports that Brita Horn, the elected Republican treasurer of Routt County who is running to be the next treasurer of Colorado, is once again facing off with officials in her own county over how she runs her office. According the the Pilot & Today’s Scott Franz, “the work environment and…
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Trump rekindled Roberts’ political fire, but housing is newest state rep’s burning issue
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Former Obama field organizer and state legislative policy analyst Dylan Roberts wasn’t planning to jump back into politics after he got his law degree from the University of Colorado and landed a job as a deputy district attorney in Eagle County. Then Trump happened. “I was going to take a break from politics for a…
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Mining communities react to EPA decision on Clean Power Plan
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The announcement this week from Scott Pruitt of the Environmental Protection Agency that he would rescind the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan is, not surprisingly, welcome news to Colorado’s coal industry, as well as to the communities the industry supports. But whether the end of the Clean Power Plan will actually change anything in Colorado…
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Legislators make drones a firefighting tool, but Routt County gawker makes one a risk
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Just when drones were going legit as a tool of public safety, a rubbernecker reminds folks why the jury is still out on which side of the public safety debate the tiny aircraft hover. Last weekend regular-sized helicopters battling a 800-acre Big Red Park wildfire in northern Routt County were grounded because of an unidentified…