Tag: felony menacing
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Appeals court reverses conviction after judge blocked questioning about witness’s criminal charges
An Arapahoe County judge violated a defendant’s constitutional right to confront the witnesses against him by blocking the defense from asking a witness about her own pending criminal charges in the same jurisdiction, Colorado’s second-highest court ruled last week. Prosecutors charged Jose Garcia Valdivia with multiple counts of assault and felony menacing. Garcia allegedly got…
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Police arrest 2 after allegedly firing gun into Colorado Springs parking lot
Colorado Springs police on Sunday arrested two men suspected of firing a gun into a crowded parking lot, law enforcement officials said. Zaquan Johnson, 21, and Matthew Burgos, 19, face several felony and misdemeanor charges, including menacing, illegal discharge of a weapon and eluding police. At around midnight on Sunday, police received calls about a…