In a rare finding of prosecutorial misconduct, Colorado s second-highest court reversed a man s convictions for assault and attempted murder on Thursday because an El Paso County prosecutor misled jurors into thinking defendant Charles Eugene Jefferson was responsible for the victim s failure to appear at trial.
Colorado s second-highest court last week ordered an El Paso County judge to hold a hearing on an incarcerated man s claim that he received constitutionally-ineffective assistance of counsel, due to his trial lawyer s decision not to call four witnesses who would have corroborated the defendant s alibi.
Colorado s second-highest court last week ordered an El Paso County judge to hold a hearing on an incarcerated man s claim that he received constitutionally-ineffective assistance of counsel, due to his trial lawyer s decision not to call four witnesses who would have corroborated the defendant s alibi.
A Colorado Springs detective told jurors that the same day Christopher D. Fiers allegedly assaulted a friend, Fiers had canceled his subscription for his Nest home security camera system and