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. […]
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 […]
11th Judicial District Attorney Linda Stanley is asking the Colorado Supreme Court to review the sanctions handed down in a first-degree murder case for being “arbitrary and unjust.”