Tag:Colorado appellate court rulings

Court Opinions: Colorado Supreme Court Rules Department of Human Services Can Reevaluate Competency Without a Court Order

The Colorado Supreme Court also determined an appeal related to alleged threats against a judge should have gone to the Colorado Court of Appeals.

Court Opinions: Colorado Supreme Court Affirms Elephants Aren’t ‘People’ Under the State’s Habeas Statute

The state Supreme Court affirmed that Colorado’s habeas statute only applies to persons, and not to nonhuman animals, no matter how cognitively sophisticated they may be.