Tag: sex assault
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Troy Deck timeline
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Here is a timeline of events involving the alleged crimes and ensuing Colorado Springs Police Department investigation of Troy Deck. Dec. 15, 2020 – Deck is arrested on charges of stalking, and invasion of privacy for sexual gratification. Feb. 10 2021 – Deck pleads guilty…
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Colorado Supreme Court ponders what to do when substituting alternate jurors mid-deliberation
When one juror in Ricardo Castro’s criminal trial became incapacitated 11 hours into the jury’s deliberations and could not continue, there was broad agreement afterward that the trial judge did everything he could to emphasize the need for remaining jurors to begin anew – with the alternate juror replacing her stricken counterpart. The question now…
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Colorado Supreme Court to analyze how wage law applies to Amazon holiday pay
The Colorado Supreme Court recently announced it will decide whether Amazon is complying with the state’s wage law by excluding shifts worked on holidays when calculating employees’ overtime pay. At least three of the court’s seven members must agree to hear an appeal. The case addressing overtime pay came to the Supreme Court through an…
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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…