Author: Michael Karlik
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10th Circuit dismisses trip-and-fall lawsuit against DIA
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado-based federal appeals court dismissed a woman’s lawsuit against Denver last month, which attempted to hold the city liable for her trip-and-fall on a floor mat in the security screening area of Denver International…
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Federal judge wrestles with Tina Peters’ release request, orders further briefing
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A federal judge once again struggled on Tuesday with the petition of convicted former Mesa County clerk Tina Peters to be released from prison while her case is appealed in state court, which implicates multiple…
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Colorado Supreme Court term in review: Restitution, racial bias, rescinded opinion and more
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Supreme Court’s most visible decision of its recently concluded term may actually be the one it made five years ago. In 2020, with the retirement of then-Chief Justice Nathan B. Coats, the court’s…
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Federal judge green-lights trial against Denver Health, staff for death of elderly jail detainee
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Five Denver Health employees and the organization itself will stand trial on claims that they provided a constitutionally deficient level of medical care to an elderly jail detainee who died from severe health problems, a…
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Appeals court orders new murder trial for teen after judge blocked self-defense evidence
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s second-highest court overturned a defendant’s murder conviction last week after concluding an Arapahoe County judge wrongly barred evidence suggesting the man acted in self-defense. There was no dispute that 18-year-old Joseph Dean McCaughin shot…
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Colorado’s appeals court dismisses defamation lawsuit over article about ‘furries’ discussion
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s second-highest court on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit against a journalist and her news outlet, finding a Jefferson County judge incorrectly believed a series of publications about a parental advocacy group could support a defamation…
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Colorado justices consider whether AI-generated child porn was prosecutable prior to law change
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Earlier this month, Colorado’s governor signed a bill making it a crime for someone to have or share fake, yet “highly realistic,” images of children that are explicitly sexual. But prior to that, did state law allow…
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Robert Ray’s murder convictions upheld despite numerous errors, Colorado Supreme Court rules
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday declined to grant a new trial to a man convicted for orchestrating a pair of 20-year-old murders in Aurora, despite identifying numerous errors at his trial. Arapahoe County jurors…
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Colorado federal judges unveil new ‘civility code,’ share stories about bad behavior
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Four members of Colorado’s U.S. District Court introduced lawyers on Tuesday to a new, nonbinding “civility code” and expressed frustration about overly belligerent behavior they are seeing more frequently from attorneys. “It feeds on itself. One lawyer in a case starts with snarky comments in…
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Colorado justices say access to Missy Woods data must be litigated in Jeffco
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Monday that defense attorneys seeking access to withheld information about a former DNA scientist’s misconduct must pursue the data in Jefferson County, where the Colorado Bureau of Investigation is located. Yvonne “Missy” Woods stands accused of intentionally deleting data,…