The Colorado Supreme Court announced on Monday it will hear multiple cases that address when lawsuits may proceed if people are injured by dangerous conditions on government property, and what relief is available to tenants when the terms of their lease do not comply with state law.
The Colorado Supreme Court clarified on Monday that criminal defendants may only call prosecutors as witnesses when there is a "compelling and legitimate reason," and a man facing charges in Boulder County had not met that threshold in his case.
Documents provided by the Colorado Supreme Court revealed in detail the cascading allegations against former Arapahoe County District Court Judge John E. Scipione, who resigned last year and was censured earlier this month for misconduct towards staff and colleagues.
The Colorado Supreme Court recently signaled it may intervene in four ongoing cases in the trial courts, on subjects ranging from a tenant s right to a jury trial in eviction proceedings and whether a man should remain incarcerated pending a sanity evaluation to a judge s decision to sanction prosecutors for late-disclosed evidence.