M.A.W. v. People, 2020 CO 11
Feb 10, 2020OUTCOME: Judgement Affirmed
Whether the criminal test for ineffective assistance of counsel extends to dependency and neglect cases.
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OUTCOME: Judgement Affirmed
Whether the criminal test for ineffective assistance of counsel extends to dependency and neglect cases.
OUTCOME: Judgement Reversed and Case Remanded (for a new trial)
Whether the Fourth Amendment applies to Department of Human Services employees investigating child neglect.
OUTCOME: Judgment Affirmed
Wrote amicus brief explaining why Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus testimony is expert.
OUTCOME: Case remanded to district for a hearing
Whether the defendant sufficiently alleged facts warranting a hearing on the exception to the time bar.
OUTCOME: District Court Judgement Affirmed
Whether the record clearly established a defendant was not entitled to postconviction relief.
OUTCOME: District Court Judgement Affirmed
Whether the record clearly established a defendant was not entitled to postconviction relief.
OUTCOME: Judgement Affirmed
Whether a defendant made sufficient allegations to warrant a hearing on postconviction relief.
OUTCOME: Order Reversed and Case Remanded
Court of appeals reverses district court's denial of prosecution's motion to continue trial and dismissal of charges.
OUTCOME: District court's ruling affirmed
Court held district court cannot withdraw a guilty plea before sentence is imposed or rendered if the plea has already been withdrawn, by operation of law, after defendant successfully completed deferr ... ed judgment.
OUTCOME: Reversed and remanded with instructions
Defendant sufficiently demonstrated justifiable excuse or excusable neglect to merit a hearing in postconviction proceedings when he asserted his plea attorney did not advise him of his plea's immigrat ... ion consequences.