When is a Search a Search?
A case before the Colorado Supreme Court could redefine how police search for illicit drugs during traffic stops.
The court heard oral arguments Wednesday for...
The Dissolution of Common Law Marriage
The Colorado Court of Appeals last week said the state should recognize same-sex common law marriages that existed before the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling...
Court Opinions- Dec 10, 2018
Ruibal v. People
George Ruibal petitioned for review of the Court of Appeals’ judgment affirming his conviction for second-degree murder. Over the defense’s objection and...
Parents’ Presence Destroys Privilege in Stroke Victim’s Case
When a third party is present in a meeting between a lawyer and a client in Colorado, that meeting isn’t protected by attorney-client privilege...
Granular Statute Language Could Have Broad Implications for Patent Seekers
The U.S. Supreme Court had its plate full of noteworthy cases for last week’s oral arguments. Among the most newsmaking were a potential re-interpretation...
Court Opinions- Dec 03, 2018
People v. Johnston
Santos Sanchez Johnston appealed his judgment of conviction for aggravated driving after revocation prohibited. In so doing, he raised an issue of...
Former DORA Employee Claims Agency Discriminated Against Him for Being Gay, Fired Him in...
A former employee at Colorado’s regulatory watchdog says the agency subjected him to a hostile work environment where he was harassed for being gay,...
Court Opinions- Nov 26, 2019
People v. Sandoval
Floyd Sandoval appealed the judgment of conviction entered on jury verdicts finding him guilty of felony murder, aggravated robbery and menacing. The...
Supreme Court Analyzes Colorado’s Sentencing Scheme
Colorado criminal courts can hand out enhanced prison sentences when they determine that the crimes committed had “extraordinary aggravating circumstances.” The state Supreme Court...
A Decision 37 Years in the Making
Fourteen years after the Colorado Supreme Court remanded a then-23-year-old case about ancestral land rights to the district court, the Court of Appeals has...