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Following a decision by lawmakers earlier this year to pull legislation aimed at addressing racial bias in jury selection, the Colorado Supreme Courts committee for criminal rules has restarted discussions

Colorados second-highest court has reinforced its split interpretation of when judges in child welfare proceedings have reason to know a child falls under the legal definition of "Indian," triggering longstanding

The nearly half-century sentence of a Mesa County man convicted on child sexual assault charges will stand, the Colorado Court of Appeals ruled last week.

The Colorado Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear a case asking whether a defendant who was tried and acquitted in another country for murder still can be tried for the

A fractured Court of Appeals has upheld the kidnapping and sexual assault convictions of a man in Gilpin County, with sharp disagreement among the judges about the role racial bias

Trying a defendant for the same crime for a second time, known as double jeopardy, doesn’t apply if that first trial was held in a foreign county, the Colorado Court

The Colorado Legislature cannot impose restrictions to a medical marijuana affirmative defense that is expressly allowed under the state’s Constitution, the Colorado Court of Appeals ruled Thursday. In a case involving Palisade peach grower David Cox, a three-judge panel unanimously agreed that Cox’s use of that defense against multiple felony marijuana charges is protected under Amendment 20, the constitutional provision approved by voters in 2000 that legalized medical marijuana. In...