Tag:General Assembly

Court Opinions- Jul 13, 2020

Warembourg v. Excel Electric, Inc. Brian Warembourg, an employee of Schmidt Custom Floors, Inc., provided flooring for a new home being constructed by Feller Homes,...

Supreme Court Briefed on Legislative Session Limit

The Colorado Supreme Court has received a handful of briefs on the question it agreed to take up about the length of the state...

A Toolbox for Colorado’s Courts

Colorado’s state court administrator, Steven Vasconcellos, stepped into the position permanently last October after having served in an interim role. He refers to his...

Court Opinions- Nov 25, 2019

Walton v. People Alysha Walton pleaded guilty to driving under the influence, and a county court judge sentenced her to 12 months of unsupervised probation....

Will the 2019 Legislative Session Offer Relief to the Gallagher Squeeze?

Many Colorado local governments that are primarily dependent upon property tax revenues continue to be impacted by provisions of a 1982 amendment to the...

Court Opinions- Dec 17, 2018

People v. Godinez A jury convicted defendant Omar Ricardo Godinez of two counts of second-degree kidnapping, two counts of sexual assault and two counts of...

A Plain Reading of ‘Knowingly’

In a decision issued Sept. 10, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that a social host can only be held liable for injuries an intoxicated...

Court Opinions- Aug 27, 2018

People v. Lopez Victor Lopez admitted to stealing a gun from his neighbor. The gun was in the victim’s bathroom, where Lopez found it. While...