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Man who changed mind on DUI blood draw deserves new trial, appeals court says
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A man convicted of driving under the influence in Arapahoe County refused at one point to take a blood alcohol test to determine his level of intoxication. But when he changed his mind, the test did not happen, nor did jurors learn that he ultimately agreed to a blood draw. Now, the state’s Court of…
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Appeals court allows expelled DU student to sue over allegedly unfair sexual misconduct inquiry
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A male student who the University of Denver expelled for sexual misconduct may sue the school for its alleged failure to conduct a fair and impartial investigation, the state’s second-highest court ruled on Thursday. “John Doe,” as the student is identified in court documents, claimed that DU investigators refused to interview his witnesses, did not…
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Court rules that Arapahoe prosecutor’s questions to jury were ‘fair game’
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Although the prosecution’s conduct was “close to the line,” a panel of Colorado’s Court of Appeals decided by 2-1 that the government did not improperly place the burden on a defendant to prove his innocence at trial. The state’s second-highest court considered whether an Arapahoe County prosecutor’s comments to a jury so fundamentally undermined the…