CASE ANNOUNCEMENTS COLORADO SUPREME COURT MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2018 "Slip opinions" are the opinions delivered by the Supreme Court Justices and are subject to modification, rehearing, withdrawal, or clerical corrections. Modifications to previously posted opinions will be linked to the case number in the petition for rehearing section the day the changes are announced. Click on the case number to view the opinion in pdf format. OPINIONS 2018 CO 95 Supreme Court Case No. 16SC916 Certiorari to the Colorado Court of Appeals Court of Appeals Case No. 15CA964 Petitioners: Mark L. Thompson and Rosalin Rogers, Catlin Insurance Company (UK) Ltd. Judgment Affirmed in Part and Reversed in Part en banc JUSTICE HOOD delivered the Opinion of the Court. JUSTICE GABRIEL concurs in part and dissents in part, and JUSTICE BOATRIGHT and JUSTICE HART join in the partial concurrence and partial dissent. 1
2018 CO 96 Supreme Court Case No. 16SC952 Certiorari to the Colorado Court of Appeals Court of Appeals Case No. 14CA2354 Jared Cowen, Judgment Reversed en banc JUSTICE SAMOUR delivered the Opinion of the Court. 2
DENIED PETITIONS FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI No. 17SC732, Court of Appeals Case No. 15CA449 Petitioner/Cross- Christopher Edward Butler, Respondent/Cross- Petition and Cross- No. 18SC468, Court of Appeals Case No. 15CA211 Christopher Alias Martinez, No. 18SC474, Court of Appeals Case No. 15CA411 Lance Tyler Hering, No. 18SC511, Court of Appeals Case No. 17CA1296 Anitra Arline, American Family Mutual Insurance Company. 3
No. 18SC515, Court of Appeals Case No. 16CA1056 Anthony Martin Castaneda, JUSTICE GABRIEL and JUSTICE HART would grant as to the following issue: Whether the court of appeals erred in affirming the trial court s denial of Castaneda s motion for a bifurcated trial to determine whether he had three or more previous driving under the influence (DUI) convictions, where the trial court incorrectly found that the existence of prior convictions was a sentence enhancer that had to be proved to the court by only a preponderance of the evidence, rather than an element of felony DUI that had to be proved to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt. No. 18SC517, Court of Appeals Case No. 17CA399 Athina Lorraine Munoz, No. 18SC518, Court of Appeals Case No. 15CA890 Christopher Sean Wilson, 4
No. 18SC524, Court of Appeals Case No. 16CA816 In re the Marriage of Roberto Ernesto Chips Portales, and Yezenia Peregrino de Portales. No. 18SC574, Court of Appeals Case No. 17CA846 Cyrus Salimi, No. 18SC603, Court of Appeals Case No. 16CA2137 Israel Cruz Valdovinos, No. 18SC605, Court of Appeals Case No. 13CA1825 Eric N. Barney, 5
No. 18SC670, Court of Appeals Case No. 16CA1548 James Christopher Blea, No. 18SC676, Weld County District Court Case No. 18CV30200 Colton Ingram, No. 18SC679, Court of Appeals Case No. 16CA948 Rocky Lee Glau, No. 18SC687, Court of Appeals Case No. 17CA1694 Petitioners: Debra Whitmore and Martha Pacheco, Respondents: Metropolitan Casualty Insurance Company and Unitrin Auto and Home Insurance Company. 6
No. 18SC689, Court of Appeals Case No. 17CA1026 Michael Paul Lopez, No. 18SC693, Court of Appeals Case No. 16CA1589 Michael Parrino, No. 18SC800, Court of Appeals Case No. 18CA55 J. V., The People of the State of Colorado, In the Interest of Minor Child: K. V. 7