ANNOUNCEMENTS COLORADO SUPREME COURT. Monday, December 17, 2001

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1 ANNOUNCEMENTS COLORADO SUPREME COURT Monday, December 17, 2001 "Slip opinions" are the opinions as filed by the judges with the clerk. Slip opinions are subject to modification, rehearing, withdrawal, or clerical corrections. A link (in the htm format only) to any modifications to previously posted opinions will appear in the petition for rehearing section of the announcement document the day the changes are announced. Click on the case number to view the Opinion in Word format. Case No. 00SC151 SUPREME COURT, STATE OF COLORADO Two East 14 th Avenue Denver, Colorado Certiorari to the Colorado Court of Appeals Court of Appeals Case No. 98CA1474 Petitioner/Cross-Respondent: ANIMAS VALLEY SAND AND GRAVEL, INC., a Colorado corporation, Respondent/Cross-Petitioner: BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY OF LA PLATA, COLORADO. file:///c /Documents%20and%20Settings/b888smw/Desktop/CA/2001/ htm (1 of 26) [9/11/2008 8:37:38 AM]

2 JUDGMENT REVERSED AND CASE REMANDED WITH DIRECTIONS EN BANC CHIEF JUSTICE MULLARKEY delivered the Opinion of the Court. JUSTICE KOURLIS specially concurs, and JUSTICE COATS joins in the special concurrence. -- Case No. 01SA176 SUPREME COURT, STATE OF COLORADO Two East 14 th Avenue Denver, Colorado Original Proceeding Pursuant to C.A.R. 21 District Court, City & County of Denver file:///c /Documents%20and%20Settings/b888smw/Desktop/CA/2001/ htm (2 of 26) [9/11/2008 8:37:38 AM]

3 Case No. 00CV7290 Honorable Gloria A. Rivera, Judge In Re: Plaintiffs: BROCK REDDEN and PATRICIA REDDEN, Defendant: SCI COLORADO FUNERAL SERVICES, INC., d/b/a HAMPDEN MEMORIAL GARDENS, a Colorado corporation. RULE DISCHARGED EN BANC JUSTICE KOURLIS delivered the Opinion of the Court. -- file:///c /Documents%20and%20Settings/b888smw/Desktop/CA/2001/ htm (3 of 26) [9/11/2008 8:37:38 AM]

4 Case No. 00SA211 SUPREME COURT, STATE OF COLORADO Two East 14th Avenue Denver, Colorado Appeal from the District Court, Water Division 2, Case No. 96CW123 Honorable John E. Anderson, Judge Plaintiff-Appellant: EMPIRE LODGE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, a Colorado non-profit corporation, Defendants-Appellees: ANNE MOYER and RUSSELL MOYER, individually and as Co-Personal Representatives of the Estate of Maxine Reddy, deceased, and as Co-Trustees of the Maxine Reddy Trust, and Appellee pursuant to C.A.R. 1(e): STEVEN J. WITTE, Division Engineer, Water Division 2. file:///c /Documents%20and%20Settings/b888smw/Desktop/CA/2001/ htm (4 of 26) [9/11/2008 8:37:38 AM]

5 JUDGMENT AFFIRMED EN BANC JUSTICE HOBBS delivered the Opinion of the Court. -- Case No. 00SA212 SUPREME COURT, STATE OF COLORADO Two East 14 th Avenue Denver, Colorado Certification of Question of Law, Pursuant to C.A.R U.S. District Court, District of Colorado Civil Action No. 99-N-1417 file:///c /Documents%20and%20Settings/b888smw/Desktop/CA/2001/ htm (5 of 26) [9/11/2008 8:37:38 AM]

6 Plaintiffs: SHOWPIECE HOMES CORPORATION, JOY L. MCMILLAN, and EDWARD J. MCMILLAN, Defendant: ASSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA. CERTIFIED QUESTIONS ANSWERED EN BANC JUSTICE MARTINEZ delivered the Opinion of the Court. -- PETITIONS FOR REHEARING file:///c /Documents%20and%20Settings/b888smw/Desktop/CA/2001/ htm (6 of 26) [9/11/2008 8:37:38 AM]

7 Case No. 00SC372 SUPREME COURT, STATE OF COLORADO Two East 14 th Avenue Denver, Colorado Certiorari to the Colorado Court of Appeals Court of Appeals Case No. 98CA1025 Petitioner: ROARING FORK CLUB, L.P., Respondent: ST. JUDE S COMPANY. Opinion modified, and as modified, Petition for Rehearing DENIED. EN BANC. - PETITIONS FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI No. 00SC420 Court of Appeals Case No. 98CA1147 (3/30/00) file:///c /Documents%20and%20Settings/b888smw/Desktop/CA/2001/ htm (7 of 26) [9/11/2008 8:37:38 AM]

8 WILLIE JAMES BUNCH, Petitioner, Petition for Writ of Certiorari GRANTED, and 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 People Patton, No. 00SC82 (Colo. No 13, 2001). EN BANC. JUSTICE COATS does not participate. No. 00SC825 Court of Appeals Case No. 98CA1438 (5/18/00) THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO, Petitioner, JOSE MARCELINO LOPEZ-JUARDO, Respondent. Petition for Writ of Certiorari GRANTED, and 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 People Farrell, No. 00SC P.3d 401 (Colo. 2001). EN BANC. JUSTICE COATS does not participate. No. 01SC167 Court of Appeals Case No. 99CA360 (10/26/00) THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO, Petitioner, MICHAEL WITTY, Respondent. file:///c /Documents%20and%20Settings/b888smw/Desktop/CA/2001/ htm (8 of 26) [9/11/2008 8:37:38 AM]

9 JUSTICE BENDER and JUSTICE COATS do not participate. No. 01SC220 Court of Appeals Case No. 99CA2172 (2/1/01) JENNIFER FORTNER, individually and d/b/a DUNDEE TREE SERVICE; and DARRELL FORTNER, individually and d/b/a DUNDEE TREE SERVICE, Petitioners, RON COUSAR; KATHRYN YOUNG; THE COLORADO SPRINGS CITY COUNCIL; the individual members of the City Council in their official capacity, Councilpersons: LEON YOUNG, LISA ARE, LINDA BARLEY, DAWSON HUBERT, WILLIAM GUMAN, JAMES NULL, LIONEL RIVERA, and MARY LOU MAKEPEACE; and THE CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS, a municipal corporation, Respondents. No. 01SC372 Court of Appeals Case No. 00CA58 (4/12/01) BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO, a body file:///c /Documents%20and%20Settings/b888smw/Desktop/CA/2001/ htm (9 of 26) [9/11/2008 8:37:38 AM]

10 politic and corporate, Petitioner, CAMAS COLORADO, INC., an Indiana corporation, d/b/a BITUMINOUS ROADWAYS OF COLORADO, INC. Respondent. No. 01SC399 Court of Appeals Case No. 98CA2518 (4/26/01) RICHARD LEE MARTINEZ, Petitioner, JUSTICE MARTINEZ would grant as to the following issues: Whether the court of appeals erroneously concluded that the numerous alleged instances of prior sexual misconduct, dating back to Petitioner s behavior as a ten-year-old, were properly admitted under applicable case law and CRE 404 (b). Whether the court of appeals erroneously extended the holding in Dunton People, 898 P.2d 571 (Colo. 1995) to justify the trial court s refusal to instruct the jury on Petitioner s affirmative defense of consent to the charges of second degree sexual assault. Whether the court of appeals incorrectly approved the trial court s vague, confusing and misleading limiting instruction with regard to the uncharged misconduct evidence. No. 01SC403 file:///c /Documents%20and%20Settings/b888smw/Desktop/CA/2001/ htm (10 of 26) [9/11/2008 8:37:38 AM]

11 Arapahoe County District Court Case No. 00CR220 (5/11/01) NATASHA LOPEZ, Petitioner, No. 01SC411 Court of Appeals Case No. 00CA57 (4/26/01) CARLOS OCHOA-MAGANA, Petitioner, JUSTICE COATS does not participate. No. 01SC420 Court of Appeals Case No. 99CA1845 (5/3/01) THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO, Petitioner/Cross-Respondent, LAWRENCE FEHLING, Respondent/Cross-Petitioner. Petition and Cross- JUSTICE COATS does not participate. file:///c /Documents%20and%20Settings/b888smw/Desktop/CA/2001/ htm (11 of 26) [9/11/2008 8:37:38 AM]

12 No. 01SC425 Court of Appeals Case No. 99CA1483 (5/3/01) RICHARD L. CLEVENGER, Petitioner, JUSTICE KOURLIS does not participate. No. 01SC439 Court of Appeals Case No. 99CA2505 (2/1/01) COLORADO STATE BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS, Petitioner, CHRISTIAN HAGESETH, III, M.D., Respondent. No. 01SC449 Court of Appeals Case No. 00CA2 (3/15/01) DALRIE A. BERG, D.O., Petitioner/Cross-Respondent, JACK SHAPIRO; HUMANA HOSPITAL MOUNTAIN VIEW, INC.; JOHN A. HOFFMAN; THOMAS J. BLANCHARD; and DOES 3 through 10, Respondents/Cross-Petitioners. Petition and Cross- file:///c /Documents%20and%20Settings/b888smw/Desktop/CA/2001/ htm (12 of 26) [9/11/2008 8:37:38 AM]

13 No. 01SC524 Court of Appeals Case No. 99CA2276 (6/14/01) SEAN P. KING, Petitioner, No. 01SC532 Court of Appeals Case No. 99CA1619 (6/7/01) IVAN GONZALEZ-QUEVEDO, Petitioner, No. 01SC546 Court of Appeals Case No. 99CA1912 (2/15/01) BRADLEY SHUTT, Petitioner, No. 01SC571 file:///c /Documents%20and%20Settings/b888smw/Desktop/CA/2001/ htm (13 of 26) [9/11/2008 8:37:38 AM]

14 Court of Appeals Case No. 99CA2277 (7/5/01) RANDY VARELA, Petitioner, No. 01SC584 El Paso County District Court Case No. 01CV1544 MICHAEL GOLDSBOROUGH, Petitioner, No. 01SC590 Court of Appeals Case No. 00CA1743 (7/12/01) GUERIN LEE GREEN; and DJARLING COMMUNICATIONS, INC., a Colorado corporation, Petitioners, LYNETTE HAILEY, Respondent. No. 01SC592 file:///c /Documents%20and%20Settings/b888smw/Desktop/CA/2001/ htm (14 of 26) [9/11/2008 8:37:38 AM]

15 Court of Appeals Case No. 00CA341 (7/12/01) JERALD PARKER, Petitioner, No. 01SC604 Court of Appeals Case No. 00CA141 (7/19/01) BRYAN ARPAN, Petitioner, No. 01SC606 Court of Appeals Case No. 00CA251 (7/19/01) KRIS MCPHERSON, Petitioner, No. 01SC607 Court of Appeals Case No. 99CA1671 (7/19/01) MICHELLE LEE RAMIREZ, Petitioner, file:///c /Documents%20and%20Settings/b888smw/Desktop/CA/2001/ htm (15 of 26) [9/11/2008 8:37:38 AM]

16 No. 01SC608 Court of Appeals Case No. 00CA906 (7/19/01) TELYA RENEE TAYLOR, Petitioner, No. 01SC609 Court of Appeals Case No. 99CA2510 (7/19/01) CARLOS J. TOREIOS, Petitioner, JUSTICE COATS does not participate. No. 01SC610 District Court, City & County of Denver, Case No. 01CV1976 MARIANNE ZMUDA and RUTH HELEN ZMUDA, Petitioners, file:///c /Documents%20and%20Settings/b888smw/Desktop/CA/2001/ htm (16 of 26) [9/11/2008 8:37:38 AM]

17 HI POINT INVESTMENT GROUP, LLC, Respondent. No. 01SC611 Court of Appeals Case No. 99CA2393 (7/26/01) DAVID BILLS, Petitioner, JUSTICE COATS does not participate. No. 01SC615 Court of Appeals Case No. 99CA1479 (8/16/01) TERRANCE SHERVELL WILDER, Petitioner, No. 01SC616 Court of Appeals Case No. 00CA745 (7/26/01) NORMAN CAMPBELL-TONEY, Petitioner, file:///c /Documents%20and%20Settings/b888smw/Desktop/CA/2001/ htm (17 of 26) [9/11/2008 8:37:38 AM]

18 JUSTICE COATS does not participate. No. 01SC617 Court of Appeals Case No. 99CA955 (7/26/01) TRACY O. EVANS, Petitioner, No. 01SC618 Court of Appeals Case No. 99CA1830 (7/26/01) RICHARD KENT EVANS, Petitioner, No. 01SC619 Court of Appeals Case No. 99CA1648 (7/26/01) BARRY DWAYNE WILHITE, Petitioner, file:///c /Documents%20and%20Settings/b888smw/Desktop/CA/2001/ htm (18 of 26) [9/11/2008 8:37:38 AM]

19 No. 01SC620 Court of Appeals Case No. 00CA642 (4/26/01) DAN BARNETT, Petitioner, DENVER PUBLISHING CO., d/b/a DENVER ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS, Respondent. No. 01SC623 Court of Appeals Case No. 00CA561 (8/2/01) BEEJAY LEE, Petitioner, No. 01SC624 Court of Appeals Case No. 99CA1196 (2/15/01) PAUL NORVELLE, Petitioner, file:///c /Documents%20and%20Settings/b888smw/Desktop/CA/2001/ htm (19 of 26) [9/11/2008 8:37:38 AM]

20 No. 01SC625 Court of Appeals Case No. 00CA1688 (6/7/01) GLENN R. STEVENS, Petitioner, THERESA M. CISNEROS, in official and unofficial status, Respondent. No. 01SC632 Court of Appeals Case No. 00CA1060 (7/26/01) RONALD W. GREGORY, Petitioner, BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, ARAPAHOE COUNTY; PATRICK J. SULLIVAN, JR., in his capacity as Sheriff of Arapahoe County; DEAN NORTHRUP, Sheriff s agent; and EDNA DUNNING, Sheriff s agent, Respondents. No. 01SC633 file:///c /Documents%20and%20Settings/b888smw/Desktop/CA/2001/ htm (20 of 26) [9/11/2008 8:37:38 AM]

21 Court of Appeals Case No. 00CA241 (8/2/01) JOHN ANTHONY ELDER, Petitioner, No. 01SC638 Court of Appeals Case No. 99CA2019 (8/2/01) GAYLEN SAILER, Petitioner, No. 01SC641 Court of Appeals Case No. 00CA274 (7/19/01) JERRY LEE SCHILKE, Petitioner, No. 01SC642 Court of Appeals Case No. 00CA324 (7/5/01) NICHOLAS GLODEN, Petitioner, file:///c /Documents%20and%20Settings/b888smw/Desktop/CA/2001/ htm (21 of 26) [9/11/2008 8:37:38 AM]

22 No. 01SC643 Court of Appeals Case No. 00CA22 (7/5/01) WILLIAM H. MOFFAT, Petitioner, No. 01SC648 Court of Appeals Case No. 01CA957 (8/20/01) JESSIE I. CLUFF, Petitioner, JOHN W. SUTHERS, Executive Director; RICHARD A. SOARES, Superintendent, LCF; ROBERT TAYLOR, Assistant Superintendent, LCF; DELAYNE TORNOWSKI, Administrative Officer, LCF; THOMAS BULLARD, Hearing Officer/Reviewing Supervisor, LCF; LAWRENCE NUTTER, Hearing Officer; ENDRE SAMU, Disciplinary Officer; DAVID GABRIEL and JOE DALLAS GLENN, initiating file:///c /Documents%20and%20Settings/b888smw/Desktop/CA/2001/ htm (22 of 26) [9/11/2008 8:37:38 AM]

23 employees, in their individual and official capacities, Respondents. JUSTICE COATS does not participate. No. 01SC652 Court of Appeals Case No. 00CA1330 (6/7/01) HERMANN BAYER and BARBARA BAYER, Petitioners/Cross-Respondents, HANS F. BAYER and ELSE BAYER, Respondents/Cross-Petitioners. Petition and Cross- No. 01SC653 Court of Appeals Case No. 00CA1493 (8/2/01) L & L, INC., Petitioner, STEVEN H. WYATT, Respondent. No. 01SC656 Court of Appeals Case No. 99CA1807 (8/9/01) TIMOTHY NITZ, Petitioner, file:///c /Documents%20and%20Settings/b888smw/Desktop/CA/2001/ htm (23 of 26) [9/11/2008 8:37:38 AM]

24 No. 01SC696 Court of Appeals Case No. 00CA794 (6/21/01) JOHN E. FITZGIBBONS, Trustee of the BANKRUPTCY ESTATE OF MARVIN LEE THOMASON, d/b/a GREAT COLORADO REAL ESTATE EXCHANGE, d/b/a STATEGCOACH INN, Petitioner, RAYMOND E. STARLING; CARYL G. THOMASON; and T & S INVESTMENTS, LTD., a Colorado general partnership, Respondents. No. 01SC699 Court of Appeals Case No. 01CA973 In the Matter of the Petition of: M.G., Petitioner, R.V., Respondent, and file:///c /Documents%20and%20Settings/b888smw/Desktop/CA/2001/ htm (24 of 26) [9/11/2008 8:37:38 AM]

25 B.V., Respondent-Intervenor, and THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO, Intervenor. Petition for Writ of Certiorari pursuant to C.A.R. 50 DENIED. EN BANC. JUSTICE RICE would grant as to the following issue: Whether Colorado s grandparent visitation statute, section , 6 C.R.S. (2001), is invalid, either on its face or as applied to the facts of this particular case, under: 1) the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution; 2) the Due Process Clause of the Colorado Constitution; or 3) the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. No. 01SC747 Court of Appeals Case No. 01CA76 (9/13/01) T.G.B., a/k/a T.G.A., Petitioner, THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO, Respondent, In the Interest of J.J.J.W., Minor Child. No. 01SC753 Court of Appeals Case No. 00CA1742 (8/23/01) T.R., Petitioner, THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO, Respondent, file:///c /Documents%20and%20Settings/b888smw/Desktop/CA/2001/ htm (25 of 26) [9/11/2008 8:37:38 AM]

26 In the Interest of S.R. and S.R., Minor Children. No. 01SC778 Court of Appeals Case No. 00CA2141 (10/4/01) J.S., Petitioner, THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO, Respondent, In the Interest of A.E., Minor Child. file:///c /Documents%20and%20Settings/b888smw/Desktop/CA/2001/ htm (26 of 26) [9/11/2008 8:37:38 AM]