Tag: judge karl schock
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Appeals judge trains fire on Colorado Supreme Court’s landmark restitution ruling
One member of Colorado’s second-highest court has mounted an unusual effort in recent weeks to broadcast his dissatisfaction with a state Supreme Court decision that resulted in scores of financial restitution orders to crime victims being overturned on appeal. In Colorado, when a convicted defendant is required to pay restitution, prosecutors typically must provide the…
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Recognizing ‘anomaly,’ appeals court says man with dismissed sex offense must continue sex offender registration
Colorado’s second-highest court last week concluded a man must continue his placement on the sex offender registry despite the dismissal of his sex offense charge – throwing the question to the legislature about whether and how to correct that unusual outcome. The issue before the Court of Appeals revolved around the treatment of a deferred judgment…