This podcast covers case summaries distributed on 11/1/2024 Cases and Keywords with timestamps: (01:25) People v. Abdul-Rahman, 2024COA118 (October 31, 2024); Parolee is not required to pursue an administrative appeal of a parole revocation with the State Board of Parole before seeking judicial review. (03:56) UNPUBLISHED People v. Garcia, 22CA2176…

This podcast covers case summaries distributed on 10/18/2024 and 10/25/2024 Cases and Keywords with timestamps: (02:51) UNPUBLISHED People v. Avila, 22CA0875 (October 3, 2024); Evidence of touch DNA excluded under Rape Shield Statute. (06:10) UNPUBLISHED People v. Salazar, 21CA0949 (October 17, 2024); Errors in instructions not plain because the er…

Cases and Keywords with timestamps: (01:28) UNPUBLISHED People v. Rael, 22CA1069 (October 10, 2024); Motions challenging the POPWO statute as unconstitutional on its face and as applied to client’s conduct. (02:44) People v. Ramcharan, 22CA0534 (October 10, 2024); Sufficiency of offers of proof, Jury instruction on mens rea of knowingly, Denial of …

This podcast covers case summaries distributed on 10/4/2024. Cases and Keywords with timestamps: (01:17) Sellers v. People, 2024 CO 64 (September 30, 2024); Life without the possibility of parole sentence for felony murder is not categorically unconstitutional, nor is the sentence grossly disproportionate following the General Assembly’s 2021 recla…

Send us a text The Court of Orphans is an interesting topic. On one hand we see the law protecting the rights of children but on closer inspection the impact was only on a small scale as the laws applied only to children of Freemen. I am sure I can hear the voice of the children crying out "What about me, this is not fair!"…

This podcast covers case summaries distributed on 9/27/2024. Cases and Keywords with timestamps: (01:46) People v. Morris, 2024COA105 (September 26, 2024); Revocation of YOS sentence and imposition of DOC sentence was appropriate even after defendant requested diagnostic validation. (05:35) UNPUBLISHED People v. Rodgers, 22CA1155 (September 26, 202…

This podcast covers case summaries distributed on 9/20/2024. Cases and Keywords with timestamps: (00:50) UNPUB LISHED People v. Barber, 22CA0502 (September 19, 2024); Erlinger, Almendarez-Torres, Apprendi, Blakely, Plain error for sentencing under habitual offender statute when prior offense was not found by a jury, Improper hearsay evidence by pre…

Send us a text This is an introduction to the Court of Orphans before we delve fully into what impact it had on the lives and welfare of childrenDoor Bertha Belmore

This podcast covers case summaries distributed on 9/13/2024. Cases and Keywords with timestamps: (01:52) People v. Gregg 23CR289 (Mesa County September 9, 2024); Jury must determine validity of habitual criminal counts. (04:10) People v. Romero, 2024 CO 62 (September 9, 2024); Batson challenge not sustained where prosecutor struck juror for appeari…

This podcast covers case summaries distributed on 9/6/2024. Cases and Keywords with timestamps: (01:32) Azar v. Ngo, 24COA99 & 24COA100 (September 5, 2024); CRPC 5.6(a) (02:15) UNPUBLISHED People v. Martinez, 23CA2198 (August 29); Internet luring of a child requires use of explicit sexual language. (04:18) UNPUBLISHED People v. T.B., 22CA1028 (Sept…

Send us a text Today’s episode is a summing up of the topic Unnatural Deaths in Children. This is not the end of the topic but rather a summarisation of the reasons why one could conclude that there was no justice for children in the Norman Era. The conclusion here I propose is that although the scales of Lady Justice were skewed, somehow, amidst t…

This podcast covers case summaries distributed on 8/30/2024. Cases and Keywords with timestamps: (01:42) People v. Gillespie, 2024COA98 (August 29, 2024); Sufficiency of evidence for knowingly killing dog, Suppression of evidence. (05:36) UNPUBLISHED People v. Dalton, 23CA0750 (August 8, 2024); Error when IAC claim was denied without evidentiary he…

This podcast covers case summaries distributed on 8/16/2024 and 8/23/2024. Cases and Keywords with timestamps: (02:22) People v. Garcia, 2024COA91 (August 15, 2024); By not objecting before the trial, defendant waived any claim that the judge needed to disqualify herself under §13-1-122. (04:22) Solano v. Newman, 2024COA93 August 15, 2024); DA’s ob…

This podcast covers case summaries distributed on 8/2/2024 and 8/9/2024. Cases and Keywords with timestamps: (02:35) People v. Plotner, 2024COA77 (August 1, 2024); CRS 18-3-203(1)(f) requires the trial court to impose the assault sentence to run consecutively to all components of that single controlling sentence. (05:10) Marriage of Matheny, 2024CO…

This podcast covers case summaries distributed on 7/26/2024. Cases and Keywords with timestamps: (00:56) UNPUBLISHED People v. Chavira, 23CA0389 (July 25, 2024); Sentencing court committed Blakely error for exceeding presumptive range. (04:46) United States v. Venjohn, No. 23-8028 (June 12, 2024); Colorado conviction for felony menacing cannot be u…

This podcast covers case summaries distributed on 7/19/2024. Cases and Keywords with timestamps: (02:29) Grants Pass v. Johnson, No. 23-175 (June 28, 2024); Enforcement of generally applicable laws regulating camping on public property. (06:14) Erlinger v. United States, No. 23-370 (June 21, 2024); The Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) requires mand…

This podcast covers case summaries distributed on 7/13/2024. Cases and Keywords with timestamps: (06:42) Clark v. People, 2024 CO 55 (July 1, 2024); Trial judge failed to strike a juror for cause for racially biased statements, Extraneous prejudicial information under CRE 606(b) did not include juror’s statement that a judge required a unanimous de…

Former DOJ criminal prosecutor Alex Grant reacts to the news that the Trump attempted assassination investigation was hampered by the encryption on the shooter's phone. Alex laments that law enforcement is still dealing with this encryption issue, even after a judge issues a search warrant. This is eight years after the San Bernardino terrorist att…

This podcast covers case summaries distributed on 6/28/2024. Cases and Keywords with timestamps: (03:12) Martinez v. People, 2024 CO 48 (June 24, 2024); The “force-against-intruders” defense is an element-negating traverse for crimes of negligence and recklessness. (06:30) People v. Cerda, 2024 CO 49 (June 24, 2024); Despite clear and repeated viol…

Send us a text Here in part 3 of this topic we continue to look at filicide. It is an interesting glimpse into how the law both secular and ecclesiastical dealt with the deaths of childrenDoor Bertha Belmore

This podcast covers case summaries distributed on 6/21/2024. Cases and Keywords with timestamps: (02:48) People v. Howell, 2024 CO 42 (June 17, 2024); Definition of dwelling for immunity under the force-against-intruders statute, CRS §18-1-704.5. (05:34) Connors v. Connors, 2024 CO 44 (June 17, 2024); Service by email is inadequate for an indirect …

The Supreme Court struck down President Trump's executive action banning bump stocks, a device that allowed the Las Vegas shooter to convert a semi-automatic rifle into a functional machine gun. Former DOJ prosecutor Alex Grant explains how the six-person conservative majority's fidelity to textualism overrode the liberals' competing textual argume…

This podcast covers case summaries distributed on 6/14/2024. Cases and Keywords with timestamps: (02:00) People v. Crabtree, 2024 CO 40 (June 10, 2024); Analysis of Colorado’s Rule 52(b), error analysis. (15:58) People v. Garcia, 2024 CO 41 (June 10, 2024); Judge must recuse if involved in any way in defendant’s case as an attorney (prosecution or …

Send us a text We continue our journey into unnatural deaths of children in the Norman era. We will delve into the act of filicide and its legal repercussions, and the impact if any on the welfare of the childrenDoor Bertha Belmore

This podcast covers case summaries distributed on 6/7/2024. Cases and Keywords with timestamps: (02:02) In re. People v. Honstein, 2024 CO 34 (June 3, 2024); Calling prosecutor as witness. (05:54) People v. Johnson, 2024 CO 35 (June 3, 2024); Batson challenges (17:21) People v. Austin, 2024 CO 36 (June 3, 2024); Companion case to People v. Johnson …

Former DOJ criminal prosecutor Alex Grant explains how the jury instructions contained a fatal flaw that should lead to a reversal of the Trump verdict on appeal. The prosecution's burden of proof included showing that Trump acted willfully, and Judge Merchan completely failed to explain the legal meaning of willfully, which is very different from …

This podcast covers case summaries distributed on 5/31/2024. Cases and Keywords with timestamps: (01:56) People v. Johnson, 2024 CO 32 (May 28, 2024); Sufficiency of the evidence for Enticement of a Child. (07:02) Sanders v. People, 2024 CO 33 (May 28, 2024); Recusal of judge for bias. (13:32) People v. Warren, 2024COA60 (May 30, 2024); Exception f…

This podcast covers case summaries distributed on 5/24/2024. Cases and Keywords with timestamps: (02:24) Riggs Oil v. Jonah Energy, 2024COA57 (May 23, 2024); Excusable neglect. (05:52) UNPUBLISHED People v. Taylor, 22CA0515 (May 23, 2024): Defendant is allowed to testify about alibi even if alibi defense has not been endorsed. (08:38) UNPUBLISHED P…

Former DOJ criminal prosecutor Alex Grant talks about a few things that were off kilter about the closing arguments in the hush money trial. The defense had no opportunity to respond and the prosecution went on for five hours, a test of endurance for the jury. And he talks about some typical dirty tricks the defense engaged in, and the conundrum th…

As Judge Merchan prepares to give the jury instructions in Trump's hush money trial, he is making a fateful decision on what the prosecution must prove about Trump's culpable state of mind. In this episode, former DOJ prosecutor Alex Grant breaks down this crucial issue that could lead to the nightmare scenario of a guilty verdict followed by a rev…

This podcast covers case summaries distributed on 5/17/2024. Cases and Keywords with timestamps: (01:58) People v. Sloan, 2024COA52 (May 16, 2024); Problems with live streaming doesn’t automatically constitute a closure of the courtroom, Inaccurate jury instructions for vehicular eluding resulting in death. (05:38) People v. Herold, 2024COA53 (May …

This podcast covers case summaries distributed on 5/10/2024. Cases and Keywords with timestamps: (01:50) Whiteaker v. People, 2024 CO 25 (May 6, 2024); First degree criminal trespass is a lesser included of second degree burglary, Multiplicitous convictions require automatic reversal and merger into a single conviction. (06:31) Washington v. People…

This podcast covers case summaries distributed on 5/3/2024. Cases and Keywords with timestamps: (01:40) People v. Miller, 2024COA45 (May 2, 2024); Prosecutor bolstering victim’s credibility, Phone calls do not need to be answered by the victim to constitute evidence of contact for purpose of violation of protection order, Evidentiary issues for fir…

This podcast covers case summaries distributed on 4/30/2024. Cases and Keywords with timestamps: (01:30) People v. Shannon, 2024COA41 (April 25, 2024); Jury access to pretext phone call recordings, No requirement to hold Shreck hearing before admitting prosecution’s cold expert witness, Equal Protection. (06:20) Woodall v. Godfrey, 2024COA42 (April…

This podcast covers case summaries distributed on 4/23/2024. Cases and Keywords with timestamps: (02:15) People v. Montoya, 2024COA37 (April 18, 2024); Courtroom closure due to COVID-19, Sufficient evidence to support conviction for failure to leave premises. (06:55) People v. Burdette, 2024COA38 (April 18, 2024); Time bar for challenge to convicti…

This podcast covers case summaries distributed on 4/16/2023. Cases and Keywords with timestamps: (01:28) People v. Montoya, 24CO20, 22SC580 (April 15, 2024); Definition of refusal in criminal DUI trials, Rule 106. (04:20) People v. Martinez, 22CA0667 (April 11, 2024); Conviction on uncharged special interrogatory when defendant knew of the facts of…

This podcast covers case summaries distributed on 4/9/2023. Cases and Keywords with timestamps: (01:56) People v. Bohler, 2024 CO 18 (April 8, 2024); Suppression of pre-arrest statements incorrect because defendant was not in custody for Miranda purposes. (07:59) People v. Vega-Dominguez, 2024COA32 (April 4, 2024); The crime of attempted patronizin…

This podcast covers case summaries distributed on 4/2/2023. Cases and Keywords with timestamps: (02:36) UNPUBLISHED People v. Pierson, 22CA1052 (March 14, 2024); Trial counsel was deficient for not consulting an expert, Confabulation, Packaging, Scapegoating. (06:20) UNPUBLISHED People v. Trujillo, 22CA1532 (March 14, 2024); The anti-subrogation ru…

Send us a text Family Law A Case for Children will be taking a break to undertake research so as to provide richer and more extensive content for the upcoming episodes. Do join me in 8 weeks time as we continue our journey it will be a fascinating ride.Door Bertha Belmore

President Trump's motion to dismiss the New York hush money case for an alleged failure to disclose information about the star witness Michael Cohen revealed that the DA's office did not have the full story on Cohen when it indicted the case. The DA's office only received part of the documents it wanted from the federal prosecutors who had previous…

This podcast covers case summaries distributed on 3/26/2023. Cases and Keywords with timestamps: (01:09) People v. Maes, 2024 CO 15 (March 25, 2024); Magistrate’s finding of probable cause after a preliminary hearing is a “final order or judgment” under the Colorado Rules for Magistrates and is, therefore, reviewable by a district court. The time f…

This podcast covers case summaries distributed on 3/19/2023. Cases and Keywords with timestamps: (01:18) People v. Lopez, 2024COA26 (March 14, 2024); Expert testimony about coaching of child witnesses, Jury deliberation issues, Administering the oath to a child witness. (08:52) People v. Hood, 2024COA27 (March 14, 2024); Error in excluding certain …

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 indete…

Send us a text This is the first of 2 parts as we look at the unnatural deaths of infants and children in the Norman era. Taking a look at the law and how they dealt with these deaths.Door Bertha Belmore

This podcast covers case summaries distributed on 3/5/2023. Cases and Keywords with timestamps: (01:16) People v. Kirby, 2024COA20 (February 29, 2024); Speedy Trial, Reckless manslaughter and careless driving resulting in death are lesser included offenses of reckless vehicular homicide, Sentencing issues. (07:16) People v. Melendez, 2024COA21 (Feb…

Former DOJ prosecutor Alex Grant talks about why having four Trump prosecutions at the same time with no coordinated prosecution strategy is a problem. Alex explains that this is a departure from the DOJ playbook in big cases, and it may lead to the Stormy Daniels hush money case in New York state court being the only case going to verdict before t…

Former DOJ prosecutor Alex Grant explains what traditional media sources totally missed about the Supreme Court's decision to take Trump's presidential immunity appeal. He explains that there is another pending Supreme Court appeal that was already holding up the trial in the January 6 case. Alex discusses the work that the Supreme Court is going t…

This podcast covers case summaries distributed on 2/27/2023. Cases and Keywords with timestamps: (01:50) McElrath v. Georgia No. 22-721 (February 21, 2024); NGRI is an acquittal under the Federal Double Jeopardy clause, even when inconsistent to another jury verdict. (06:34) People v. Brassill, 2024COA19 (February 22, 2024); Prosecutors are respons…

Former DOJ prosecutor Alex Grant is joined by special guest and former FBI profiler Julia Cowley to talk about the disqualification motion filed against Fani Willis in the Trump election interference case. In Part 1, Alex lays out the legal issues and the theory behind the motion, as well as his impressions of the strategy and professionalism of th…

Send us a text This is a brief introduction to the Normans, before we delve into their laws and the impact if any they had on the welfare of children.Door Bertha Belmore