Tag:Colorado legal system

Court Opinions: Colorado Appeals Court Affirms New Trial for 1991 Pipe Bombing Suspect James Genrich

The appeals court found the postconviction court acted within its discretion when it determined that the expert testimony from the original trial was neutralized by the new evidence and granted Genrich a new trial.

Court Opinions: Colorado Supreme Court Rules in a Pair of Cases That Wells-Yates Didn’t Announce New Substantive Rules of Constitutional Law

In two companion cases, the state’s high court determined its procedural new constitutional rules in Wells-Yates can’t be applied retroactively to other cases.