Tag: covid-19
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10th Circuit dismisses Brighton church’s challenge to future public health orders
More than three years after a Weld County church filed suit challenging the constitutionality of Colorado’s public health response to COVID-19, the federal appeals court based in Denver has ruled the organization lacks standing to seek exemption to other hypothetical restrictions that may come in the future. Grace Bible Fellowship in Brighton was successful in…
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Colorado Supreme Court to hear 2 cases on pandemic-era trial livestreaming
Four years after the COVID-19 pandemic first took hold in Colorado, the state Supreme Court announced on Monday it will review the constitutionality of two judges’ decisions to bar spectators from their courtrooms and instead rely upon livestreaming during a pair of criminal trials. At least three of the court’s seven members must agree to hear…
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Divided appeals court upholds Denver child sex assault conviction
Colorado’s second-highest court upheld a man’s sex assault conviction earlier this month, although there was disagreement between appellate judges about whether jurors properly evaluated damaging evidence of the defendant’s conduct in light of his unusual defense at trial. A Denver jury convicted Mohammed Diawarra in 2021 for sexual assault on a child after he impregnated an…
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CU Study: 2020 police pull-back led to more crime
Police pull-back in response to law enforcement reform measures in Colorado’s metro areas led to more instances of violence and property crimes, according to a University of Colorado Boulder study. Still, researchers stressed that more policing is not necessarily the answer. “It’s an interesting time. The pendulum swung pretty far in 2020 and 2021, but…
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Denver magistrate may resolve dispute between parents over whether to vaccinate child against COVID-19, appeals court says
Colorado’s second-highest court last week clarified that trial judges need not find a child is endangered before they break an impasse between two parents who cannot agree about which course of action is best. A three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals agreed a Denver magistrate appropriately sided with a father who wanted his child…
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Eagle County judge’s mistake prompts appeals court to overturn sex assault convictions
An Eagle County judge neglected to declare a mistrial when the COVID-19 pandemic forced a postponement of the defendant’s trial date, pushing the proceedings outside of the speedy trial deadline and prompting Colorado’s second-highest court to overturn the convictions. The federal and state constitutions guarantee defendants the right to a speedy trial. In Colorado, that…
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Omicron escalating in Colorado, accounting for nearly half of new COVID-19 cases
Nearly half of all new COVID-19 cases in Colorado have a telltale genetic marker of the omicron variant, a top state health official said Wednesday, the latest sign of the strain’s escalating presence here. Positivity and case rates in Colorado have turned upward again, after weeks of declines. They’re still far below the peaks of…
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Elbert County is being hammered by Covid
Elbert County has become a microcosm of rural parts of Colorado that have resisted calls for vaccinations and are getting hammered by COVID-19 cases.
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‘You need to respond in some way’: With worrying signs from CDC, Colorado health experts warn of needed changes
Colorado health experts warn that the surging delta variant requires a behavioral and public health response as federal officials say that the variant is as contagious as chickenpox and that even vaccinated people can still carry significant amounts of the disease. “It does seem like you need to respond in some way, that we can’t…