Colorado Court Laws Misdemeanor 
JURIST
JANUARY 2, 2025
Gun laws across the US states are undergoing changes in 2025 with many states strengthening gun safety laws while others have expanded the rights of firearm owners, reflecting the polarization on the issue of gun control in the country. In California, several laws are taking effect including AB1483 , AB1598 , and AB2917.
JonathanTurley
NOVEMBER 2, 2024
It was due to the paucity of direct evidence of a crime that would hold up in court. Colorado, the Supreme Court ruled that criminal threats must be based on a showing of a culpable mental state. In so holding, the Court sought to offer “‘breathing space’ for protected speech.”
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The Crime Report
MAY 3, 2021
A bill which seeks to force police to ticket people more and arrest them less as a means of lowering the state’s jail population is at the center of a statewide debate in Colorado, reports the Denver Post. Instead, police would issue a court summons.
The Crime Report
JANUARY 24, 2022
According to the reports, which are the result of two years of research, New Mexico is short more than 600 full-time public defenders across adult and juvenile courts, whereas Oregon is short nearly 1,300 public defenders. ” New Mexico and Oregon.
SCOTUSBlog
MAY 20, 2024
Share The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. Under Arizona law, the trial judge could have sentenced Bassett for each count to either life in prison without the possibility of parole or life in prison with the possibility of “release” after 25 years.
The Crime Report
DECEMBER 13, 2022
Boulder, Colorado fits the American college town stereotype; young students often spend their free time on weekends partying. The reading of Miranda Rights at the very first encounter with law enforcement reminds us that ‘anything we say can and will be used against us in a court of law.’.
JURIST
JULY 14, 2024
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit decided Friday that Emilee Carpenter, a religious wedding photographer seeking an exemption to the New York Human Rights Law under the First Amendment, had enough factual basis for a claim and could proceed to the district court. ” Previously in 303 Creative LLC v.
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