todd vriesman
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Appeals court rebuffs prosecutor’s claim that jury must disbelieve victim to acquit defendant
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A Gilpin County prosecutor committed misconduct when he told jurors they would have to believe the victim “fabricated this whole entire thing” in order to acquit a defendant of sexual assault, Colorado’s second-highest court ruled on Thursday. Nonetheless, a three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals found the prosecutor’s misrepresentation of the law did not…
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Divided appeals court finds Gilpin County juror not biased against defendant
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In a divided ruling on Thursday, Colorado’s second-highest court determined a Gilpin County judge acted appropriately by keeping a woman on a criminal jury after her admission that she “would need to hear that reason why” the defendant did not take the witness stand. A three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals acknowledged a quirk…
