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• Colo. Supreme Court abandons requiring crime proof

  January 14, 2013 11:30 AM

  DENVER (AP) - The Colorado Supreme Court is abandoning a rule that prosecutors prove a crime occurred as long as prosecutors prove a confession is trustworthy. The rule requiring proof has been in force for more than a hundred years. In a ruling Monday, the court overturned the conviction of... more »

• Grand jury reports on mental hospital death

  April 30, 2011 6:13 PM

  DENVER (AP) - A Pueblo grand jury has found no criminal conduct by Colorado Mental Health Institute staff in the death of a patient who suffocated after being strapped face down. But KMGH-TV in Denver reports the panel did find the staff committed misfeasance and malfeasance and abused their... more »

• Colorado Supreme Court to hear campus gun ban case

  October 18, 2010 3:18 PM

  The Colorado Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments on whether campus gun bans are legal. The court announced Monday that all seven justices agreed to accept the case. In April the Colorado Court of Appeals ruled in favor of a gun-rights group that sued the University of... more »

• Govt to seek stay of gays in military ruling

  October 14, 2010 3:27 PM

  A lawyer in the case and a person in the government deeply familiar with the discussions say the Obama administration will ask a federal judge to allow the "Don't ask, don't tell" law to continue in force pending an appeal. Lawyer Dan Woods says his client, Log Cabin Republicans,... more »

• Groups allied to GOP boost their fundraising

  September 20, 2010 6:27 AM

  New freedom from fundraising restrictions established by the Supreme Court are paying off for at least some Republican-allied groups. Two affiliated groups led by a blue-chip cast of Washington Republican strategists have raised a combined $32 million, creating a parallel and unofficial Republican campaign to defeat Democrats in November.... more »

• Court throws out $926 million Rocky Flats award

  September 3, 2010 7:55 PM

  A federal appeals court threw out a jury verdict and a $926 million award to thousands of Colorado homeowners in a lawsuit involving plutonium contamination from a now-defunct nuclear weapons plant. A three-judge panel of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver ruled Friday that homeowners failed to... more »

• Judge to issue mystery ruling in Lohan case

  August 24, 2010 8:02 AM

  A court official says the judge handling Lindsay Lohan's criminal case plans to issue an unspecified ruling in the case a day before her attorneys are due in court. Los Angeles Superior Court spokesman Allan Parachini said Monday that Judge Elden Fox plans to issue the ruling Tuesday afternoon.... more »

• Judge overturns California gay marriage ban

  August 5, 2010 8:06 AM

  A federal judge overturned California's gay marriage ban Wednesday with an unequivocal ruling that could eventually force the U.S. Supreme Court to confront the question of whether same-sex couples have a constitutional right to wed. Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker's strongly worded opinion in the landmark case -... more »

• Federal ruling on same-sex marriage expected today

  August 4, 2010 9:57 AM

  Round one in a landmark case involving gay marriage is expected to end today when a federal judge issues his ruling on California's voter-approved same-sex marriage ban. Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker has reached a decision on whether to uphold or overturn the voter-approved ban known as Proposition... more »

• Judge: USFWS plan excluded possible lynx habitat

  July 30, 2010 8:06 AM

  A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is arbitrarily excluding "critical habitat" that could be occupied by the elusive Canada lynx. U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy ruled Wednesday the agency excluded large swaths of Western habitat from protection when it recommended in 2009 that... more »

• Immigration ruling puts states on guard

  July 29, 2010 8:13 AM

  States that had been planning to copy Arizona's new immigration law will have to wait and see what happens in the courts. The law was set to take effect today, but a federal judge yesterday put most of it on hold. The judge agreed with the Obama administration that... more »

• Spotted owl decision upheld in court

  June 4, 2010 7:05 PM

  An appeals court says a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision to designate 8.6 million acres in four Western states as critical habitat for an endangered owl will stand. Friday's decision by a panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upholds a 2008 ruling by a federal judge... more »

• Court: Suspects must say they want to be silent

  June 1, 2010 4:44 PM

  If you want to remain silent, you'll have to say so. The Supreme Court ruled Monday that in order to invoke their Miranda right to remain silent during criminal interrogations, suspects must explicitly tell police that they don't want to say anything. The 5-4 decision comes in a case... more »

• Sexually dangerous can be kept in prison

  May 17, 2010 12:31 PM

  The Supreme Court says federal officials can indefinitely hold inmates considered "sexually dangerous" after their prison terms are complete. The high court on Monday reversed a lower court decision that said Congress overstepped its authority in allowing indefinite detentions of considered "sexually dangerous." The challenge was brought by four... more »

• Court weighs whether silence alone can invoke Miranda

  March 1, 2010 12:44 PM

  The Supreme Court appears ready to tell suspects that if they want the right to remain silent, they have to say so. The high court heard an appeal from Michigan prosecutors whose conviction was thrown out because police kept interrogating the suspect after reading him his Miranda rights, despite... more »

• Denver judge overturns medical pot ruling

  November 10, 2009 1:42 PM

  A Denver judge has overturned a state health board ruling that narrowed the definition of who can supply medical marijuana. Denver District Court Judge Larry Naves said Tuesday that the order adopted by the health board on Nov. 3 is "invalid and void." A state health department official said she... more »

• Frontier Airlines wins approval of bankruptcy plan

  September 10, 2009 4:40 PM

  A bankruptcy judge has confirmed the plan of reorganization for Frontier Airlines, moving the Denver-based carrier a step closer to emerging from Chapter 11 protection. Frontier says it resolved the few objections to its reorganization plan before winning approval from the judge in New York on Thursday. The plan calls... more »