Tag: warrant
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Colorado Springs officers to face civil trial for luring man out of home, chasing him inside prior to death
A federal judge ruled last week that a jury will decide whether four Colorado Springs police officers violated a man’s constitutional rights by chasing him inside his home without a warrant and restraining him as he lay on the floor dying. Chad Alexander Burnett was mentally ill and allegedly behaving menacingly toward his neighbors. When…
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Colorado Supreme Court ponders constitutionality of delayed vehicle search
Members of the Colorado Supreme Court suggested on Wednesday that Denver police could have moved more rapidly to obtain a search warrant for a man’s vehicle, but at the same time they doubted the delay amounted to a constitutional violation. A trial judge previously barred prosecutors from using evidence of narcotics found in Arthur Mills’…
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Colorado Supreme Court rules DUI suspects may revoke consent to blood test, requiring warrant
Suspected drunk drivers do have the ability to revoke their consent to a blood or breath test, meaning police will generally need to get a warrant to measure intoxication levels, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Monday. Although the U.S. Supreme Court has not explicitly held that states cannot legislate consent for warrantless blood draws…
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10th Circuit: Archuleta sheriff’s officials committed constitutional violation by seizing home for 8 hours
An Archuleta County sheriff’s detective who barred a man and his family from entering their home for nearly eight hours without a warrant committed a constitutional violation that required the eventual evidence of a firearm offense to be thrown out, the federal appeals court based in Denver ruled on Tuesday. Although Corban Josiah Elmore cooperated…
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10th Circuit upholds Denver man’s convictions despite constitutional challenge
Even though the search warrant for 836 N. Linley Court did not mention a detached garage and the prosecution conceded the garage was not included in the search warrant, the federal appeals court based in Colorado nonetheless agreed last month that Denver police lawfully entered the building and detained the man sleeping inside. The Fourth…
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10th Circuit finds no constitutional violation from warrantless arrest in man’s front yard
The federal appeals court based in Denver agreed on Wednesday that Greeley police did not violate the U.S. Constitution by walking onto a man’s front yard and pulling him out of his vehicle for a traffic infraction without a warrant. The Fourth Amendment generally requires law enforcement to obtain a warrant before conducting searches and…
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Four with weapons, drugs arrested at Denver hotel near Coors Field: Police
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver police arrested four people they said were in possession illegal weapons and narcotics on Friday. In a Saturday press release, Denver police said they responded to the Maven Hotel on Wazee Street – near Coors Field and Major League Baseball’s All-Star Week – after…
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Four with weapons, drugs arrested at Denver hotel near Coors Field: Police
Denver police arrested four people they said were in possession illegal weapons and narcotics on Friday. In a Saturday press release, Denver police said they responded to the Maven Hotel on Wazee Street – near Coors Field and Major League Baseball’s All-Star Week – after receiving a tip about suspicious activity. After investigating the report,…
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11 arrested in raid on southeast Colorado Springs home
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs police seized six stolen vehicles and settled 16 felony warrants when they raided a home in southeast Colorado Springs Tuesday. Police announced Friday that they had also confiscated a “large quantity of narcotics,” including methamphetamine, cocaine, and heroin, which they said will assist…
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11 arrested in raid on southeast Colorado Springs home
Colorado Springs police seized six stolen vehicles and settled 16 felony warrants when they raided a home in southeast Colorado Springs Tuesday. Police announced Friday that they had also confiscated a “large quantity of narcotics,” including methamphetamine, cocaine, and heroin, which they said will assist in an investigation into a group of people dealing drugs,…