stephanie dunn
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Nurse permitted to sue over Community College of Denver’s statement she did not graduate
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A Brighton woman who worked for 15 years as a nurse after graduating from the Community College of Denver may sue the school for its representation that she never received a degree, a career-altering allegation that reportedly plunged her into unemployment and foreclosure. The state’s Court of Appeals earlier this month reversed a decision by…
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Judges’ faulty instructions prompt appeals court to reverse convictions in 3 cases
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Colorado’s second-highest court reversed convictions in three separate cases last month after the trial judges’ faulty instructions to jurors improperly lowered the burden of proof needed to secure a guilty verdict. In each instance, the Court of Appeals determined the defendants’ juries were unable to consider key parts of their defense to the criminal charges,…
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Appeals court finds no error in dismissal of Black juror from El Paso County case
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Colorado’s second-highest court has determined an El Paso County judge appropriately allowed prosecutors to dismiss a Black juror from a criminal trial for reasons other than his race. The U.S. Supreme Court recognized in the 1986 decision of Batson v. Kentucky that juror dismissals, or strikes, motivated by a juror’s race are unconstitutional. Consequently, trial judges evaluate…
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Appeals court finds police baton does not fall under law against disarming officers
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The state’s second-highest court on Thursday overturned a man’s conviction for disarming a police officer, determining that Colorado law does not classify batons in the list of objects covered under the disarming offense. At the same time, the three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals upheld Jeremiah A. Tomaske’s conviction for attempting to disarm a…
