The 10th Circuit vacated a federal firearm conviction, ruling that a prior Colorado drug offense didn’t qualify as a predicate felony under federal law.
The state Supreme Court interpreted the laws surrounding restitution orders and sentencing procedures, clarifying which orders are timely under People v. Weeks.
In case you missed it this week: WilmerHale and Taft both added attorneys to Denver offices and two attorneys were appointed to serve terms on judicial district nominating commissions.
Kristen Frost joined Taft’s litigation group in Denver. She focuses on white collar, criminal antitrust, business disputes and criminal defense matters.
An equally divided Supreme Court affirmed a ruling rejecting a bid from an Oklahoma virtual charter school to be the country’s first state-funded religious charter school.
In an allocation of parental responsibilities case, the appeals court found the district court erred when it granted a motion by a maternal grandmother to get majority parenting time and sole decision-making authority over the child’s father after the child’s mother died before the APR order could be issued.
