El Paso County defendant’s speedy trial rights violated, Colorado justices find in overturning convictions

El Paso County defendant’s speedy trial rights violated, Colorado justices find in overturning convictions

The Colorado Supreme Court concluded on Monday that an El Paso County prosecutor made an unjustified decision to file a mid-case appeal, pushing the trial beyond the legal deadline and requiring that the defendant’s convictions be overturned. In Colorado, the government generally must bring criminal defendants to trial within six months of a not-guilty plea, […]

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