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.

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The Crime Report

JULY 28, 2021

A police officer in Aurora, Colorado, was charged with felony assault after using his gun to beat an unarmed man and choking him during an arrest that was captured by body cameras, reports the New York Times. Both officers turned themselves in and were bonded out of jail.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 8, 2023

A Colorado family whose daughter has struggled with schizoaffective disorder, bi-polar disorder and depression since she was a child says that the state’s criminal justice system is the best option for securing effective care for her, Alan Gionet reports for CBS Colorado.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Ellis pleaded guilty as part of a plea deal , which reduced her charges from two felony counts to one. Ellis is the former Deputy District Attorney for Weld County, Colorado, where she mostly handled minor criminal proceedings. Ellis has also been censured in Colorado for making false 2020 election fraud claims.

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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. The number of people in Colorado jails rose by about 800 percent between 1970 and 2017, disproportionate to overall population growth.

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The Crime Report

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

“ In a Central Texas county, high schoolers are jailed on felony charges for vaping what could be legal hemp ” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues.

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 19, 2021

He's facing a felony menacing charge.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Two Colorado police officers, Fort Lupton police officer Jordan Steinke and Sergeant Pablo Vazquez of the Platteville police, have been charged with leaving a handcuffed woman in a patrol car parked on railroad tracks, where it was struck by a freight train, seriously injuring her, reports Keith Coffman for Reuters.

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JURIST

APRIL 6, 2023

The survivors and families of the victims joined in a lawsuit against the US government, alleging negligence under the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act due to the government’s failure to prevent Kelley from purchasing a firearm despite his prior felony convictions.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 22, 2023

on four felony counts relating to efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. Trump’s lawyers have also indicated that they plan to ask the Supreme Court to review a decision by the Colorado Supreme Court that bars the Colorado secretary of state from listing Trump on the state’s presidential primary ballot.

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Mondaq

JULY 19, 2021

Denver Partner and Vice-Chair of Lewis Brisbois' Transportation Practice Katherine L. Vaughn, along with Associate Thomas P. Gerwick, were recently awarded summary judgment on behalf of an.

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JonathanTurley

JULY 19, 2021

A well-known Colorado lawyer and animal rights activist, Jennifer Emmi, 43, is facing an impressive array of charges in an alleged murder-for-hire plot targeting the girlfriend of her estranged husband. The plea allows for the dropping of 11 other felony charges and 12 misdemeanor charges Emmi was facing, according to another report.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 13, 2022

For example, in Tennessee, a law enacted by the Republican legislature that goes into effect July 1 makes it a felony, punishable by up to six years in prison and the loss of one’s voting rights, for homeless people to camp in parks and on other public property. However, in Colorado, Gov.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 10, 2021

Howell challenged the toughness of the Justice Department’s stance in a plea hearing for a Colorado Springs man who admitted to one of four nonviolent misdemeanor counts of picketing in the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington on why it was seeking to require only $2,000 in each felony case and $500 in each misdemeanor case.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 13, 2022

But what happens when a night of drinking leads to a felony? . Boulder, Colorado fits the American college town stereotype; young students often spend their free time on weekends partying. For example, Garnett recalls a case in which two teenage boys were caught stealing a power tool in a hardware store in Colorado.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 15, 2021

Meanwhile, BDSA, another pot research firm based in Colorado, predicts more than $1.7 Felony cannabis arrests dipped in the first year of legalization, when COVID-19, civil unrest and spiking violence stretched police resources thin, but this year’s numbers are now on pace with those recorded in 2019. billion this year.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

cities experienced saw a shooting between 2011 and 2020, in contrast to the 1970s in New York, when about 30 percent of blocks experienced a violent felony. Murder shot up 90 percent in Colorado Springs but dropped 16 percent in Chicago, they cited. For example, around 6 percent of city blocks in U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Two other cases involve a dispute involving the Navajo Nation’s rights to Colorado River water. The Colorado River flows through seven southwestern states and the reservations of several Native American tribes, including the Navajo Nation. Abitron Austria GmbH v. Hetronic International, Inc. trademarks. 14 and Oct. 28 conferences).

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 27, 2022

Other states, such as Colorado, Florida and New Hampshire, prohibit the consideration of misdemeanors and lower-level, nonviolent felonies in licensure determinations, realizing that these offenses do not portend whether licensure will pose a risk to the public.

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The Crime Report

MAY 20, 2021

Kentucky has also taken major strides towards de-felonization , introducing two new laws to reduce the number of people convicted of felonies. And Colorado is supporting prisoner reentry into society with a “Ban the Box” provision that removes the question, “Have you ever been convicted by a court?”

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 5, 2021

That’s a lesson worth applying to current strategies addressing the epidemic of gun violence, writes Benjamin Levin , an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Colorado Law School. The relationship between anti-gun and anti-drug initiatives becomes clear when looking at felony convictions.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 13, 2023

Counterman came to the Supreme Court in August, asking the justices to decide whether courts should use the objective test on which the Colorado courts relied or instead a subjective test that requires prosecutors to show that the speaker intended to make a threat. Counterman v.

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The Crime Report

MARCH 3, 2022

For example, in 20 states, — including California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Wyoming — a pardon offers the only way to regain firearms rights lost because of a past conviction. Put simply, a pardon is a powerful sign of “official forgiveness,” that can help someone get their life back on track. “But

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 20, 2024

Colorado 23-831 Issues : (1) Whether a prior misdemeanor conviction that elevates a subsequent offense from a misdemeanor to a felony is an element of the subsequent offense that must be found by a jury beyond a reasonable doubt under Apprendi v.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 24, 2022

As a result of the shortages of public defenders in New Mexico, attorneys have had to represent 156 cases per year and work about 13 hours per case, regardless of whether the case is a misdemeanor or felony, the report details. . hours per workday, and lawyers in Oregon would need to put in 26.6

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The Crime Report

JULY 7, 2021

Two years later, a similar law, the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988, named a new category of crime called “aggravated felony” which included murder, drug trafficking and firearms trafficking. Since then, the definition of an “aggravated felony” has expanded to include 21 categories of offenses. From Drugs to Terrorism.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 18, 2024

Colorado 23-618 Issue: Whether it is consistent with due process for a court to convict a criminal defendant without finding that the defendant is guilty. United States and Rita v. United States to sufficiently explain why the sentence imposed is warranted even if the Sentencing Guidelines range was wrong. Kentucky under Section 2254(d)(1).

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The Crime Report

MAY 4, 2022

A 2013 study that examined 413 civil and criminal cases brought forward after Roe found that Black women were “significantly more likely to be arrested, reported to state authorities by hospital staff, and subjected to felony charges,” according to VICE News.

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SCOTUSBlog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The failure to comply with these requirements is a felony under Florida law. Colorado , which upheld a law that banned approaching within eight feet of another person in public fora outside abortion clinics “for the purpose of … engaging in oral protest, education, or counseling” unless that person consents.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Oklahoma should apply retroactively, and whether the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act violates a website designer’s First Amendment rights. Elenis , a website designer asks the justices to decide whether the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act violates the free speech or free exercise clauses of the First Amendment. In 303 Creative LLC v.

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Broadcast Law Blog

MAY 15, 2022

On the same day we published our article, it was announced that Senator Bennett from Colorado introduced legislation in Congress to create a Federal Digital Platform Commission to regulate Internet platforms. On our Broadcast Law Blog, we wrote last week about the FCC’s current role in regulating the Internet ( Blog Post ).

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 10, 2022

Department of the Interior to develop a plan to meet the Navajo Nation’s water needs and manage the mainstream of the Colorado River in the Lower Basin so as not to interfere with that plan, infringes upon the Supreme Court’s retained and exclusive jurisdiction over the allocation of water from the LBCR mainstream in Arizona v.

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SCOTUSBlog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Miller was charged with assaulting Capitol police, a felony, and disorderly conduct inside the Capitol building, a misdemeanor. Garrett Miller was one of thousands of Trump supporters arrested in the aftermath of Jan. Seeking a higher sentence, prosecutors also charged Miller with violating Section 1512(c). Hoganson v.

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Broadcast Law Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2012

As personal marijuana use becomes decriminalized in the states of Washington and Colorado, we once again repeat our warning to broadcasters who may be looking to pot sales as a new source of advertising revenue – remember that the Federal government still thinks that the drug is illegal. How does this affect broadcasters?

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The Crime Report

JUNE 30, 2021

With New Jersey’s legislation—following on the heels of laws enacted in 2019 in Colorado, Illinois and New York, legislation in D.C. See the Colorado profile for more details. in 2017, and a slew of local ordinances since 2016— “fair chance housing” has arrived on the national reintegration agenda. State Laws.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 15, 2021

In California, Colorado and Massachusetts, a firearm owner can face liability after leaving a gun where a child merely has the potential to gain access. Do we take this law from a misdemeanor charge to a felony charge? Child Access Prevention Laws in 29 States. That’s much more than a slap on the wrist.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 30, 2022

Colorado Civil Rights Commission (relisted 14 times). There are only a handful of cases that have been relisted more times before being granted, including Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (rescheduled nine times, then relisted 12 times), and Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. relisted after the Feb. United States , 20-7617.

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