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Appeals court rules dead witness’s prior testimony may be used in criminal case
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Colorado’s second-highest court clarified for the first time last week that a witness who testifies in a civil case, but who dies before a related criminal case goes to trial, may have their testimony used in the criminal proceedings. A three-judge Court of Appeals panel concluded that if the criminal defendant had a “full, fair,…
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2 defendants’ sentences upheld for threatening judges
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Colorado’s second-highest court recently upheld the convictions and sentences of two men who made threats against judges, rejecting allegations made on appeal about bias and procedural improprieties. In the first case out of Denver, then-District Court Judge Morris B. Hoffman sentenced Eric Brandt, who has a history of agitating against law enforcement, to 12 years in…
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Aurora man receives probation for threatening to kill Gov. Jared Polis
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An Aurora man who threatened to shoot Gov. Jared Polis pleaded guilty to retaliation charges on Monday and was sentenced to four years of probation. Jeromie Rose, 42, admitted to leaving two voicemails on Polis’ front desk line on June 20, threatening the governor’s life. In the voicemails, Rose said, “I’m gonna f—— fire a whole…
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Appeals court finds El Paso judge properly handled ‘violent outburst’ during jury deliberations
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Colorado’s second-highest court has found an El Paso County judge properly addressed a “violent outburst” that occurred during jury deliberations, and consequently declined to reverse the defendant’s convictions. A three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals believed a heated confrontation in the jury room that left one juror feeling “threatened” did not amount to the…
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Colorado appeals court reverses man’s conviction for harassment via Facebook, extorting girlfriend
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A Colorado Springs lawyer who baited his former girlfriend into violating a no-contact order and threatened to have her jailed if she did not continue communicating with him will receive a new trial, Colorado’s second-highest court ruled last week. Jurors convicted Daniel Neal Noffsinger in 2020 of extortion and harassment stemming from a series of…
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In 2-1 decision, appeals court upholds man’s conviction for threatening judge
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A man was properly convicted for telling a judge that he would “kidnap your daughter,” the state’s second-highest court ruled on Thursday, determining the comments were a threat under the law and not constitutionally-protected speech. The 2-1 decision from a panel of the Court of Appeals found that Adrian Jeremiah Brown had communicated an intent…
