The 18th Judicial District Attorney and a DEA special agent on Wednesday announced another eight people had been indicted in connection with a fentanyl distribution ring in the Denver metro area.
A Douglas County man was sentenced to 39 years in prison after he was convicted in December of attempted murder in an attack on his girlfriend and mother in 2018.
sentence. now teen d.a. whose office brought the case wants the case reconsidered. my next guest knows the law, george brauchler, former district attorney for colorado s 18th judicial district. counselor, thank you for being here. what went on? was he overcharged? i don t think so initially. there was a prior district attorney colorado is one of the only states in the country, in fact, the only state that has term limits for the cdistrict attorneys. the d.a. took office in january of this year had every bit of authority in her disposal to change the charges, dismiss the case, reduce the charges, pursue some alternative outcome but chose to stay the course. these are charges that carry mandatory minimums and mandatory consecutives based on the charges themselves. one thing i noticed is that
2019. four died, six were hurt. mr. aguilera-mederos was 28 when his brakes went out. on i-70. he knew his brakes were a problem before the crash. he even called another driver for help with that problem. yet he still drove past a runaway truck ramp after losing control. his case sparked public outcry over the sentence that teen judge said was too much. the way the law in colorado was written and how the counts were stacked up, 110 years is actually the minimum sentence. now even the d.a. whose office brought the case wants the case reconsidered. my next guest knows the law, and the issues that led us here. george brauchler, former district attorney for colorado s 18th judicial district. counselor, thank you for being here. what went on? was he overcharged? i don t think so initially. there was a prior district attorney colorado is one of the only states in the country, in fact, the only state that has term limits for district attorneys. that may have played small role
A Colorado law, enacted in March 2020, made the possession of four grams or less of controlled substances listed in Schedule I or II a misdemeanor rather than a felony.