HowAppealing

JANUARY 2, 2024

“Armed man breaks into Colorado Supreme Court building, causes ‘significant and extensive’ damage; Suspect is in custody and nobody was injured in early morning incident, Colorado State Patrol says”: Jacob Factor and Shelly Bradbury of The Denver Post have this report.

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DECEMBER 21, 2023

“The Legal Merits of the Colorado Supreme Court Decision Don’t Matter”: Eric Levitz has this post at the “Intelligencer” blog of New York magazine. The post “The Legal Merits of the Colorado Supreme Court Decision Don’t Matter” appeared first on How Appealing.

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JANUARY 4, 2024

“Colorado Supreme Court building remains indefinitely closed after armed man’s alleged break-in, rampage; It may be weeks before employees can return to work in the Ralph Carr Judicial Buiding’s office tower, according to the Colorado Judicial Department”: Jesse Paul of The Colorado Sun has this report.

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DECEMBER 7, 2023

Anderson : The Section 3 Case Before The Colorado Supreme Court.” Anderson: The Section 3 Case Before The Colorado Supreme Court.” “ Griswold v. ” Josh Blackman and Seth Barrett Tillman have this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.” ” The post “Griswold v.

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JANUARY 13, 2024

“Break-in at Colorado Supreme Court building caused $35 million in damage, left 3 floors unusable; Brandon Olsen, 44, is accused of setting fire inside building that triggered sprinklers to run for hours”: Shelly Bradbury of The Denver Post has this report.

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The post Colorado Donor-Conceived Person Protection Law Opens Public Comments On Proposed Rules appeared first on Above the Law. The first of four Zoom sessions is on November 1.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

A Colorado grand jury on Wednesday formally indicted three police officers and two paramedics in the 2019 killing of Elijah McClain , a young Black man who died while in police custody after he was stopped when walking home from a store. McClain never regained consciousness and was declared brain dead six days later at a Colorado hospital.

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HowAppealing

MARCH 6, 2024

“The Court’s Colorado Decision Wasn’t About the Law; This case wasn’t decided on its merits, and the result is an utterly flimsy legal argument”: George T. Conway III has this essay online at The Atlantic.

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JURIST

JUNE 26, 2023

Anderson Lee Aldrich , the gunman who killed five during an attack on an LGBTQIA+ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, pleaded guilty in court Monday to five counts of murder, 46 counts of attempted murder and no contest to two bias-motivated crimes. The charges were later dropped.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Two Colorado police officers were charged with felonies on Monday for leaving a handcuffed woman in a car that was parked on train tracks in September. The post Colorado police officers charged for abandoning handcuffed woman in squad car to be hit by train appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JURIST

MARCH 24, 2021

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Tuesday settled an agreement with the Colorado Office of Administrative Courts (OAC) to offer language assistance to people with limited English proficiency (LEP) in the Colorado court system. The OAC hears claims related to workers’ compensation, civil rights, and education among others.

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ABA Journal

JANUARY 3, 2024

A gunman accused of breaking into the Colorado Supreme Court building in Denver by shooting out a window early Tuesday has been arrested on charges…

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JANUARY 26, 2023

“Colorado baker loses appeal over refusal to make gender transition cake”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report. And Colleen Slevin of The Associated Press reports that “ Colorado baker loses appeal over transgender birthday cake.”

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FEBRUARY 9, 2024

“What the Colorado Oral Argument Missed: The justices seem ready to leave the issue of Donald Trump’s eligibility up to Congress; Here’s why they shouldn’t.” The post “What the Colorado Oral Argument Missed: The justices seem ready to leave the issue of Donald Trump’s eligibility up to Congress; Here’s why they shouldn’t.”

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LegalReader

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Colorado River states again failed to arrive at a consensus plan for water use reduction. Watching how this unfolds will be instructive for navigating future resource shortages.

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OCTOBER 5, 2022

“Colorado baker fighting ruling over gender transition cake”: Colleen Slevin of The Associated Press has this report. The post “Colorado baker fighting ruling over gender transition cake” appeared first on How Appealing.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The Colorado Springs Police Department Monday announced that the arrest warrant for alleged gunman Anderson Lee Aldrich is sealed, and formal charges will be filed in the coming weeks. Aldrich allegedly carried out a mass shooting at LGBTQ Colorado nightclub Club Q on Saturday night, killing five people. The charges were later dropped.

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JANUARY 7, 2024

“Trump’s Supreme Court Blunderbuss: The Supreme Court will decide whether the Colorado court was right to bar the former president from the ballot.” The post “Trump’s Supreme Court Blunderbuss: The Supreme Court will decide whether the Colorado court was right to bar the former president from the ballot.”

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JURIST

DECEMBER 6, 2022

A Colorado court Tuesday sentenced the suspect accused of killing five and injuring 19 in Club Q, a LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado on November 19. This situation questions whether Colorado’s red flag law was applicable to Aldrich and would it have prevented these deaths.

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EvidenceProf Blog

JANUARY 26, 2024

Now, the Supreme Court of Colorado. Florida, 399 U.S. 78 (1970), the United States Supreme Court found that a criminal defendant's constitutional rights are not violated by forcing him to give pre-trial notice of an alibi defense.

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JURIST

MARCH 17, 2021

The Colorado State Supreme Court on Monday ruled that having computers speed-read bills on the legislative floor is unconstitutional. The Colorado constitution provides that all bills that come before the legislature shall be read aloud on two different days in each house, unless all the members present consent to waive the reading.

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ABA Journal

MAY 30, 2023

Family courts in Colorado custody cases can’t cut off a child’s contact with a protective parent to whom they are bonded just to improve a relationship with a rejected parent accused of abuse or domestic violence, according to a bill signed into law last week.

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LegalReader

JUNE 27, 2022

Decades deep in megadrought and damaged by the climate crisis, seven states will soon be obligated to stop using an Arizona's-worth of Colorado River water.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 27, 2023

Share The Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out the conviction of Billy Raymond Counterman, a Colorado man who was sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison for stalking based on his Facebook messages. She canceled appearances, started to carry a gun, and eventually left Colorado for the east coast.

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EvidenceProf Blog

JANUARY 14, 2022

Similar to its federal counterpart, Colorado Rule of Evidence 901(a) provides that The requirement of authentication or identification as a condition precedent to admissibility is satisfied by evidence sufficient to support a finding that the matter in question is what.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The post “Ski resorts’ long history of immunity threatened by Colorado Supreme Court case; The case involving a teen who was paralyzed after a fall from a chairlift challenges the use of liability waivers, which the resort industry says protects recreational opportunities for children in the state” appeared first on How Appealing.

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 6, 2022

A new report on crime in Colorado for the first half of 2022 shows crime has increased in seven major categories, including robbery, arson and vehicle theft along with buying stolen property, vandalism, prostitution and drug possession and sales, reports Austen Erblat for CBS News. The property crime rate in Colorado is 28.3,

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

The US District Court for the District of Colorado on Friday sentenced white supremacist Richard Holzer to 19.5 years in prison for the federal hate crime of planning to blow up the Temple Emanuel Synagogue in Pueblo, Colorado. Holzer, a self-identifying Neo-Nazi and white supremacist, was arrested in November 2019.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Colorado Governor Jared Polis on Thursday reduced by a century the sentence of 26-year-old truck driver Rogel Aguilera-Mederos, whose brakes failed, resulting in four deaths. Under Colorado law, the facts required the judge to order the sentences to be served consecutively rather than concurrently.

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MARCH 5, 2022

“Colorado moves to protect abortions in state law”: Patty Nieberg of The Associated Press has this report. And Anthony Izaguirre of The Associated Press reports that “ Florida poised to limit abortions as Supreme Court mulls Roe.”

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 17, 2023

The federal government has ordered the seven Colorado River states to reduce their water usage by one-fifth. The Navajo Nation reservation is about the size of Ireland or West Virginia, with large portions bordered by the Colorado River. They have been the elephant in the room of Colorado River water apportionment for a century.

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The Crime Report

MAY 8, 2023

The Colorado state Capitol is facing a debate over a controversial criminal justice bill that aims to protect children aged 12 and under from criminal prosecution, with some exceptions such as rape, certain felonies, and attempted murder with a gun, Shaun Boyd reports for CBS News Colorado. The legislative session ends on May 8.

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Several hundred people attended a clinic hosted by Expunge Colorado, a nonprofit that has spent the last five years helping those with criminal records get them sealed, most of whom were people of color, reports Alison Berg for Rocky Mountain PBS. Most convictions are eligible for dismissal after up to five years.

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AUGUST 7, 2023

“Former Colorado chief justice receives unprecedented public censure; An independent investigation previously found Nathan Coats’ lack of administrative training and poor judgment contributed to the ill-advised award of a contract to a judicial employee”: Michael Karlik of Colorado Politics has this report.

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DECEMBER 21, 2023

Gore decision hangs over many cases justices might face next year, starting with Trump’s disqualification from Colorado ballot”: Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has this report. The post “Whether in 2000 or 2024, There’s No Upside for Supreme Court in Deciding Elections; Specter of court’s divisive Bush v.

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MARCH 22, 2021

“Colorado baker sued again over alleged LGBTQ bias”: Colleen Slevin of The Associated Press has this report. Amanda Pampuro of Courthouse News Service has an article headlined “ Piece of Cake?

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 19, 2022

A judge dismissed a 2021 kidnapping case against Colorado gay nightclub shooter Anderson Aldrich, despite raising concerns herself about Aldrich’s dangerous behavior, Jesse Bedayn and Matthew Brown report for the Associated Press. Aldrich’s Nov 19, 2022 Colorado shooting killed five and injured 17.

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