Prosecutors this week rested their case against Marco Garcia-Bravo, a man accused of double-murder in the alleged gang assassinations in 2017 of two Coronado High School teens.
The Pikes Peak region’s chief judge announced Tuesday that jury trials are expected to resume in mid-February after a three-month hiatus.
Criminal jury trials at the El Paso and Teller County courthouses are to resume Feb. 19, for both District Court and county court cases. Civil and juvenile cases in both court systems will resume at both courthouses March 8.
Fourth Judicial District Chief Judge Will Bain announced the new jury trial schedules in an order that otherwise extended limited court operations in Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek because of the continuing threat from COVID-19.
Most hearings will continue to be held by phone or Webex, the state’s virtual court system. In-person proceedings and filings will be permitted for certain public safety matters, including petitions for protective orders and emergency child custody actions and some proceedings for young people accused of crimes. The courts will also require appearances for contested evidentiary hearings and
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