The Cañon City man who admitted to authorities of fatally shooting his father in the back of the head while he was sleeping entered a not-guilty plea during his arraignment Monday in Fremont County District Court. During the hearing, District Court Judge Kaitlin Turner set a jury date to be held Aug. 13-20 for Joseph […]
More than a year after a Cañon City man admitted to fatally shooting his father in the back of his head, Joseph Tippet, 37, appeared in court Wednesday to continue his case. During the preliminary hearing, Fremont County Magistrate Claire LeBeau found sufficient probable cause to bind over one count of second-degree murder for trial. […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: The No. 2 story is Multiple investigations into the District Attorney’s Office The 11th Judicial District Attorney’s Office has come under fire this year. There have been multiple requests for an investigation into the DA’s Office submitted to the Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel, a federal lawsuit was filed against the office, several […]
The Colorado Supreme Court on Dec. 11 found by a 4-3 vote that the Fremont County District Court did not abuse its discretion by reducing charges from first-degree murder to second-degree murder as a sanction for the 11th Judicial District Attorney’s Office for discovery violations. The case involves the prosecution of Joseph Tippet, 37, who […]
DENVER (Legal Newsline) - A trial judge was justified in reducing a homicide suspect’s charges from first-degree murder to second-degree as punishment for the district attorney’s repeated violations of discovery orders, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled.