Episode 355 - OADC Weekly Case Law Update

OADC Weekly Case Law Update

This podcast covers case summaries distributed on 3/12/2023.

Cases and Keywords with timestamps:

(01:24) Godinez v. Williams, 2024 CO 14 (March 11, 2024); SOLSA (1) permits the parole board to consider maturity and (2) requires consideration of rehabilitation when deciding whether to release a juvenile convicted as an adult who is serving an indeterminate life sentence.

(04:33) UNPUBLISHED People v. Taylor, 22CA0016 (March 7, 2024); Trial court erred when ordering restitution for losses occurring outside the dates charged.

(07:31) UNPUBLISHED People v. Fergus-Jean, 22CA1068 (March 7, 2024); Trial court erred by allowing prosecutor to argue that defendant had a duty to retreat.

(12:24) People v. Carson, 2024 WL 647964 (Mich. Ct. App. Feb. 15, 2024); Search warrants for mobile devices must be carefully limited in scope. See also People v Coke, 461 P.3d 508, 516 (Colo 2020).

Links:

Godinez v. Williams, 2024 CO 14

https://files.constantcontact.com/45bb5db5401/ed0f8304-b2f5-4ff2-afef-24218d5261e7.pdf?rdr=true

People v Carson Mich Ct. App. 2.15.24

https://files.constantcontact.com/45bb5db5401/527ad7ae-719b-44ce-884b-9e545a53a3e1.docx?rdr=true

Daniel Loehr’s amicus brief submitted in Ward and McDonald

https://files.constantcontact.com/45bb5db5401/f1df4b9c-ddd3-4604-91b3-6e17dbdd6c54.pdf?rdr=true

Briefs from Harness v. Watson https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/22-412.html

Jim Castle’s letter to the Court

https://files.constantcontact.com/45bb5db5401/b3f9504f-6973-474a-a653-ae835b474dae.pdf?rdr=true

Objection to Reasonable Doubt Instruction

https://files.constantcontact.com/45bb5db5401/03e363ba-06fb-43d7-907c-a2662b114457.docx?rdr=true

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NOTE regarding unpublished Colorado Court of Appeals opinions: Please remember the Court of Appeals Policy states that the citation of unpublished opinions in the Court of Appeals is forbidden, with limited exceptions. Copies of unpublished opinions are provided for private use and are not to be included in an electronic database or otherwise published. Also, please note that you are free to cite unpublished cases in the district court for whatever persuasive value the judge may give them. Patterson v. James, 2018 COA 173, ¶¶ 40-43. You may request unpublished cases from the COA at http://www.courts.state.co.us/Courts/Court_Of_Appeals/Opinion_Request.cfm