CASE ANNOUNCEMENTS COLORADO SUPREME COURT

CASE ANNOUNCEMENTS COLORADO SUPREME COURT

CASE ANNOUNCEMENTS
COLORADO SUPREME COURT
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2015
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OPINIONS
The Supreme Court of the State of Colorado
2 East 14th Avenue • Denver, Colorado 80203
2015 CO 10
Supreme Court Case No. 13SC447
Certiorari to the Colorado Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Case No. 11CA1786
Petitioner:
Eric Marcus Doyle,
v.
Respondent:
The People of the State of Colorado.
Judgment Reversed
en banc
JUSTICE COATS delivered the Opinion of the Court.
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The Supreme Court of the State of Colorado
2 East 14th Avenue • Denver, Colorado 80203
2015 CO 11
Supreme Court Case No. 14SA43
Certification of Question of Law
United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Appeal No. 13-1209
Plaintiff-Appellant:
Dean Craft,
v.
Defendant-Appellee:
Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Company, a foreign corporation.
Certified Question Answered
en banc
JUSTICE MÁRQUEZ delivered the Opinion of the Court.
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NONE
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---------------------------------------------------------------------PETITIONS FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI
No. 14SC11
Court of Appeals Case No. 11CA483
Petitioner:
Jamie Ledon Moore,
v.
Respondent:
The People of the State of Colorado.
Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. EN BANC.
JUSTICE EID would grant as to the following issues:
Whether the Supreme Court in Smith v. United States, 133 S. Ct. 714 (2013) effectively
overruled People v. Pickering, 276 P.3d 553 (Colo. 2011).
Whether the district court violated the petitioner’s rights to due process, proof beyond
a reasonable doubt, and the presumption of innocence when it conveyed to the jury the
prosecution did not bear the burden of disproving beyond a reasonable doubt that the
petitioner acted reasonably in defense of a third person where recklessness was an
element of the offense.
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2015
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------No. 14SC24
Court of Appeals Case No. 10CA1571
Petitioner:
John Thomas Isenhart,
v.
Respondent:
The People of the State of Colorado.
Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. EN BANC.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------No. 14SC394
Court of Appeals Case No. 12CA1629
Petitioner:
Vanessa Murphy,
v.
Respondents:
A Caring Doctor (Minnesota) P.A., a Minnesota corporation, d/b/a Banfield; Roger
Patten Andreason; and Colorado Dog Academy.
Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. EN BANC.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------No. 14SC413
Court of Appeals Case No. 10CA2487
Petitioner:
Carlos Reyes,
v.
Respondent:
The People of the State of Colorado.
Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. EN BANC.
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2015
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------No. 14SC481
Court of Appeals Case No. 09CA1351
Petitioner:
Jason Lee Lane,
v.
Respondent:
The People of the State of Colorado.
Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. EN BANC.
JUSTICE EID would grant as to the following issue:
[REFRAMED] Whether this court should reconsider the decision in People v. Pickering,
276 P.3d 553, (Colo. 2011), in light of Smith v. United States, 133 S. Ct. 714 (2013).
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------No. 14SC514
Court of Appeals Case No. 13CA262
In re the Marriage of
Petitioner:
Peter Dadiotis,
and
Respondent:
Konstantina Dadiotis.
Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. EN BANC.
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2015
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------No. 14SC572
Court of Appeals Case No. 10CA1986
Petitioner:
Dominic S. Pearson,
v.
Respondent:
The People of the State of Colorado.
Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. EN BANC.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------No. 14SC584
Court of Appeals Case No. 12CA1512
Petitioner:
Jacob Vigil,
v.
Respondent:
The People of the State of Colorado.
Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. EN BANC.
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