Colorado Supreme Court Decisions 2023
Date: March 6, 2023
Citation: 2023 CO 11
Docket Number: 21SC885
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2019, plaintiff John Dewey Institute, Inc. (“JDI”) submitted a charter school application to the Douglas County Colorado School Board. Section 22-30.5-108 (“section 108”) of the Charter Schools Act created a four-step…
Date: March 6, 2023
Citation: 2023 CO 10
Docket Number: 22SA254
Justia Opinion Summary: Police officers interrogated defendant-appellee Brent Willoughby at his home about domestic violence allegations. After the State charged Willoughby with several offenses, he moved to suppress the statements he made…
Date: February 27, 2023
Citation: 2023 CO 9
Docket Numbers: 22SA347, 22SA348
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant James Justice was charged with multiple offenses in four felony cases. The State extended him a global plea bargain offer, but he rejected it. Unhappy that the State would not sweeten the offer, Justice filed a…
Date: February 21, 2023
Citation: 2023 CO 8
Docket Number: 21SC393
Justia Opinion Summary: CO2 Committee, Inc. (“CO2”) was a nonprofit corporation whose membership was comprised of nonoperating owners of fractional interests in the McElmo Dome unit, a consolidation of working interests in a large deposit of…
Date: February 6, 2023
Citation: 2023 CO 7
Docket Number: 21SC665
Justia Opinion Summary: Sylvia Johnson was convicted by jury of unlawfully purchasing a firearm “for transfer to” a man she identified as her common law husband, Jaron Trujillo, who was legally prohibited from possessing a firearm. While…
Date: January 30, 2023
Citation: 2023 CO 4
Docket Number: 21SC236
Justia Opinion Summary: The Colorado Supreme Court granted certiorari to consider whether: (1) an objection to an allegedly sleeping juror was preserved when the parties note that the juror was sleeping but requested no action from the court;…
Date: January 30, 2023
Citation: 2023 CO 5
Docket Number: 22SA172
Justia Opinion Summary: The issue presented in these cases was whether a trial court could bifurcate the elements of felony DUI during a jury trial. Specifically, the Court addressed whether a jury trial for felony DUI could be conducted…
Date: January 30, 2023
Citation: 2023 CO 6
Docket Number: 22SA272
Justia Opinion Summary: At the time of his appeal, defendant John Hacke was out of custody. The issue his appeal presented for the Colorado Supreme Court's review was whether Hacke was entitled to a preliminary hearing on the charge of identity…
Date: January 23, 2023
Citation: 2023 CO 3
Docket Number: 22SA282
Justia Opinion Summary: G.L.A. (“Mother”) brought L.S., who was one year old at the time, to the hospital for medical treatment. Hospital staff conducted a skeletal survey, which revealed that L.S. had a broken tibia; two additional fractures…
Date: January 9, 2023
Citation: 2023 CO 1
Docket Number: 22SA195
Justia Opinion Summary: Respondent Floyd Nelson, a resident of Arapahoe County, Colorado alleged that he sustained injuries from a fall at a rehabilitation hospital owned by Encompass PAHS Rehabilitation, LLC d/b/a Encompass Health…
Date: January 9, 2023
Citation: 2023 CO 2
Docket Number: 22SA264
Justia Opinion Summary: Patricia and Lynette McMichael (“the McMichaels”) were the co-personal representatives for the estate of Charles McMichael (“Mr. McMichael”). The McMichaels alleged Mr. McMichael sustained injuries and died after falling…
