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SUPREME COURT, STATE OF COLORADO Case No. 09SC598

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Denver, Colorado 80202

Certiorari to the Colorado Court of Appeals

Court of Appeals Case No. 08CA979

Petitioners:

Terri Crandall and Joann Hubbard, individually and on behalf of all

others similarly situated,

v.

Respondent:

The City and County of Denver, Colorado, d/b/a The Denver International
Airport, a Colorado political subdivision.

JUDGMENT AFFIRMED
EN BANC

CHIEF JUSTICE MULLARKEY delivered the Opinion of the Court.

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SUPREME COURT, STATE OF COLORADO Case No. 10SA33

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Denver, Colorado 80202

Interlocutory Appeal from the District Court

Prowers County District Court Case No. 09CR74
Honorable Stanley A. Brinkley, Judge

Plaintiff-Appellant:

The People of the State of Colorado,

v.

Defendant-Appellee:

Alejandro Perez.

ORDER REVERSED
EN BANC

JUSTICE BENDER delivered the Opinion of the Court.

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PETITIONS FOR REHEARING

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PETITIONS FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI

No. 09SC982
Court of Appeals Case No. 07CA2107

Petitioner:
The People of the State of Colorado,
v.
Respondent:
John Luis Mantos.

Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. EN BANC.

JUSTICE COATS and JUSTICE EID would grant as to the following issues:

Whether the court of appeals erred in concluding that the plain

language of section 18-6-403(3)(b), C.R.S. (2008) did not encompass
the defendant’s behavior and, if not, and statutory interpretation is
necessary, whether the court of appeals erred by adopting an
interpretation that renders a portion of the statute meaningless.

Whether, if reversal is required, the appropriate remedy is to remand

the case for a new trial based on instructional error.
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No. 10SC103
Court of Appeals Case No. 06CA1777

Petitioner:
Donja Vaughn,
v.
Respondent:
The People of the State of Colorado.

Petition for Writ of Certiorari GRANTED as to the following issue:

Does the fact that a case involves deception-related charges make it

permissible for a prosecutor to insist to a jury no fewer than thirty
names that a defendant “lied,” and to argue that she is a “con
artist,” notwithstanding the court’s clear precedent sharply
disapproving of this inflammatory language.

The judgment of the Colorado Court of Appeals is vacated. The case is

remanded to the Colorado Court of Appeals for reconsideration in light
of Wend v. People, 235 P.3d 1089 (Colo. 2010). EN BANC.

DENIED AS TO ALL OTHER ISSUES.

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No. 10SC106
Court of Appeals Case No. 06CA2171

Petitioner:
The People of the State of Colorado,
v.
Respondent:
Ronald Theo Harrison, II.

Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. EN BANC.

JUSTICE COATS and JUSTICE EID would grant as to the following issue:

Whether the court of appeals erred in relying on People v. Lara, 224

P.3d 388, 2009 WL 2393436 (Colo. App. 05CA2281, Aug. 6, 2009) and
reversing the defendant’s attempted first degree extreme indifference
murder convictions on the grounds that the jury instruction tracking
the language of section 18-1-704(4), C.R.S. (2009) constituted plain
error.
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No. 10SC151
Court of Appeals Case No. 08CA79

Petitioner:
The People of the State of Colorado,
v.
Respondent:
Abel Gebre Laeke.

Petition for Writ of Certiorari GRANTED. EN BANC.

Summary of Issues:

Whether the court of appeals erred in holding that a defendant has a

statutory right, under section 16-8-105.5, C.R.S. (2009), to a jury
trial when the district court enters a plea of not guilty by reason of
insanity over the defendant’s objection and the prosecution stipulates
to that plea.

Whether the defendant has a constitutional right to a jury trial when

the district court enters a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity
over the defendant’s objection and the prosecution stipulates to that
plea.

DENIED AS TO ALL OTHER ISSUES.

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No. 10SC192
Court of Appeals Case No. 05CA2296

Petitioner:
Abraham Hagos,
v.
Respondent:
The People of the State of Colorado.

Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. EN BANC.

CHIEF JUSTICE MULLARKEY would grant as to the following issues:

Whether the court of appeals failed to follow this court’s binding

precedents when it determined that the trial court misapplied the law
regarding attorney-as-witness, but nonetheless affirmed the trial
court’s disqualification of petitioner’s counsel-of-choice.

Whether the court of appeals committed constitutional error by

expanding the good faith exception to the exclusionary rule far beyond
any precedent of this court or the Supreme Court of the United States,
to allow admission of evidence obtained in an illegal search conducted
pursuant to a “bare bones” warrant affidavit.

JUSTICE RICE and JUSTICE COATS do not participate.

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No. 10SC194
Court of Appeals Case No. 07CA2368

Petitioner:
Barry Alan Everett,
v.
Respondent:
The People of the State of Colorado.

Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. EN BANC.

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No. 10SC196
Court of Appeals Case No. 08CA2504

Petitioner:
Jesse Ramirez,
v.
Respondent:
Angelina Trujillo.

Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. EN BANC.

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No. 10SC216
Court of Appeals Case No. 09CA563

Petitioner:
Judith Brinkman, M.D., by and through her assignee for collection,
COPIC Insurance Co.
v.
Respondents:
Stacy Luster and Walter Luster.

Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. EN BANC.

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No. 10SC238
Court of Appeals Case No. 08CA2352

Petitioners:
Stacey Luster and Walter Luster, Individually, and as Parents and Next
Friends of Alyssa Luster, a minor,
v.
Respondents:
Judith Brinkman, M.D., and Colorado Springs Health Partners, P.C.

Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. EN BANC.

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No. 10SC244
Court of Appeals Case No. 08CA1592

Petitioner:
Christopher Edwin Brown,
v.
Respondent:
The People of the State of Colorado.

Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. EN BANC.

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No. 10SC260
Jefferson County District Court Case No. 09CV5868

Petitioner:
Ruben Pacheco,
v.
Respondent:
The People of the State of Colorado.

Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. EN BANC.

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No. 10SC268
Court of Appeals Case No. 08CA1324

Petitioner:
Kyle Kevin Carstens,
v.
Respondent:
The People of the State of Colorado.

Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. EN BANC.

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No. 10SC273
Court of Appeals Case No. 08CA2554

Petitioner:
Kevin Fallon,
v.
Respondent:
Colorado Department of Revenue.

Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. EN BANC.

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No. 10SC296
Court of Appeals Case No. 09CA481

Petitioner:
Anthony R. Sanchez,
v.
Respondent:
The People of the State of Colorado.

Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. EN BANC.

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No. 10SC298
Court of Appeals Case No. 08CA429

Petitioners:
Christine F. Stauffer, M.D., a/k/a Christine F. Stauffer and John Dale
Stauffer, Jr.
v.
Respondent:
Karen E. Hayes, D.O.

Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. EN BANC.

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No. 10SC299
Court of Appeals Case No. 07CA1800

Petitioners:
John Dale Stauffer, Jr., and Christine F. Stauffer, M.D., a/k/a
Christine F. Stauffer,
v.
Respondents:
Karen E. Hayes, D.O. and A Woman’s Place of Fort Collins, PLLP.

Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. EN BANC.

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No. 10SC302
Court of Appeals Case No. 09CA102

Petitioner:
Irwin Mortgage Corporation, an Indiana corporation,
v.
Respondent:
Kimberly S. Weldon.

Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. EN BANC.

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No. 10SC307
Court of Appeals Case No. 09CA234

Petitioners:
James Humphrey and Twin City Fire Insurance Company,
v.
Respondent:
Whole Foods Market Rocky Mountain/Southwest, L.P., a Texas limited
partnership.

Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. EN BANC.

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No. 10SC308
Court of Appeals Case No. 08CA541

Petitioner:
Steven Dale Swank,
v.
Respondent:
The People of the State of Colorado.

Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. EN BANC.

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No. 10SC323
Court of Appeals Case No. 08CA2043

Petitioner:
Casimer Anthony Tamules, IV,
v.
Respondent:
The People of the State of Colorado.

Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. EN BANC.

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No. 10SC329
Court of Appeals Case No. 08CA865

Petitioner:
Marcella Madrid,
v.
Respondent:
The People of the State of Colorado.

Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. EN BANC.

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No. 10SC336
Court of Appeals Case No. 07CA1288

Petitioner:
Jan Elijah Rogers,
v.
Respondent:
The People of the State of Colorado.

Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. EN BANC.

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No. 10SC338
Arapahoe County District Court Case No. 09CV429

Petitioner:
Richard Bridgforth,
v.
Respondent:
The People of the State of Colorado.

Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. EN BANC.

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No. 10SC352
Weld County District Court No. 09CV888

Petitioner:
David Michael Riley,
v.
Respondent:
The People of the State of Colorado.

Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. EN BANC.

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No. 10SC372
Court of Appeals Case No. 09CA769

Petitioners:
Riverview Commons General Improvement District, a quasi-municipal
subdivision of the State of Colorado and body corporate; and The City
of Fort Morgan, a Colorado home-rule municipal corporation,
v.
Respondent:
The Upper Platte and Beaver Canal Company.

Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. EN BANC.

JUSTICE COATS and JUSTICE EID would grant as to the following issues:

Whether the court of appeals erred in determining that the Colorado

Governmental Immunity Act, sections 24-10-101 to -120, C.R.S. (2009),
does not bar the Upper Platte and Beaver Canal Company’s declaratory
judgment claim.

Whether the court of appeals erred in determining that Roaring Fork

Club, L.P. v. St. Jude’s Co., 36 P.3d 1229 (Colo. 2001), does not
support a finding that the Upper Platte and Beaver Canal Company’s
claim arises out of tort and that it was permitted to bring a
declaratory judgment action after the alleged alterations were made.
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No. 10SC499
Court of Appeals Case No. 10CA145

Petitioner:
R.E.,
v.
Respondent:
The People of the State of Colorado,
In the Interest of Minor Child:
G.M.

Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. EN BANC.

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No. 10SC519
Court of Appeals Case No. 10CA288

Petitioner:
J.A.,
v.
Respondent:
The People of the State of Colorado,
In the Interest of Minor Children:
A.L.A. and J.A.

Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. EN BANC.

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