"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 Supreme Court of the State of Colorado 101 West Colfax Avenue, Suite 800 Denver, Colorado 80202 2012 CO 44 Supreme Court Case No. 12SA63 Original Proceeding Pursuant to C.A.R. 21 Douglas County District Court Case No. 08DR42 Honorable Angela R. Arkin, Judge In re the Marriage of: Jeffrey A. Wiggins, and Zwilda Wiggins. Rule Made Absolute en banc CHIEF JUSTICE BENDER delivered the Opinion of the Court. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1
Supreme Court of the State of Colorado 101 West Colfax Avenue, Suite 800 Denver, Colorado 80202 2012 CO 45 Supreme Court Case No. 2012SA97 Interlocutory Appeal from the District Court Logan County District Court Case No. 10CR119 Honorable Michael Singer, Judge Plaintiff-Appellant: The People of the State of Colorado, Defendant-Appellee: Michael Edward Lynn. Order Affirmed en banc JUSTICE HOBBS delivered the Opinion of the Court. JUSTICE COATS dissents, and JUSTICE EID joins in the dissent. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2
Supreme Court of the State of Colorado 101 West Colfax Avenue, Suite 800 Denver, Colorado 80202 2012 CO 46 Supreme Court Case No. 10SC187 Certiorari to the Court of Appeals Court of Appeals Case No. 08CA2009 Petitioners: Betty G. Amos and the Estate of Thomas R. Righetti, Respondents: Aspen Alps 123, LLC, and Equitable Bank. Judgment Affirmed in Part and Reversed in Part en banc JUSTICE RICE delivered the Opinion of the Court. CHIEF JUSTICE BENDER concurs in part and dissents in part. JUSTICE COATS dissents. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 3
Supreme Court of the State of Colorado 101 West Colfax Avenue, Suite 800 Denver, Colorado 80202 2012 CO 47 Supreme Court Case No. 10SC269 Certiorari to the Colorado Cout of Appeals Court of Appeals Case No. 06CA1880 Michael William Pierson, Judgment Affirmed en banc JUSTICE COATS delivered the Opinion of the Court. CHIEF JUSTICE BENDER dissents. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 4
Supreme Court of the State of Colorado 101 West Colfax Avenue, Suite 800 Denver, Colorado 80202 2012 CO 48 Supreme Court Case No. 11SA288 Interlocutory Appeal from the District Court El Paso County District Court Case No. 11CR183 Honorable Jann Dubois, Judge Plaintiff-Appellant: The People of the State of Colorado, Defendant-Appellee: Desirae Lynn Vissarriagas. Order Reversed en banc JUSTICE BOATRIGHT delivered the Opinion of the Court. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 5
PETITIONS FOR REHEARING Supreme Court of the State of Colorado 101 West Colfax Avenue, Suite 800 Denver, Colorado 80202 2012 CO 38 Supreme Court Case No. 10SC852 Certiorari to the District Court Boulder County District Court Case No. 09CV623 Honorable Lael Montgomery, Judge Petitioner/Cross- Mercantile Adjustment Bureau, L.L.C., Respondent/Cross- Elizabeth Flood. Petition for Rehearing DENIED. EN BANC. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 6
Supreme Court of the State of Colorado 101 West Colfax Avenue, Suite 800 Denver, Colorado 80202 2012 CO 39 Supreme Court Case No. 10SC779 Certiorari to the Colorado Court of Appeals Court of Appeals Case No. 09CA1659 Petitioners: Capital Securities of America, Inc.; Jerry Manning; and Adam Alves, Respondents: Faye Griffin, in her official capacity as Treasurer of Jefferson County, and Board of County Commissioners of the County of Jefferson. Petition for Rehearing DENIED. EN BANC. JUSTICE MÁRQUEZ and JUSTICE BOATRIGHT do not participate. -- 7
No. 11SC516 Court of Appeals Case No. 10CA955 PETITIONS FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI Petitioners/Cross-Respondents: Dennis Shaw and First Horizon Home Loan Corporation, Respondent/Cross- 17 West Mill St, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company. Petition and Cross-Petition for Writ of Certiorari GRANTED. EN BANC. Summary of Issue: Whether the court of appeals erred by concluding that the General Assembly intended a release of a deed of trust by a public trustee to be void under section 38-39-102, C.R.S. (2011), where the requester committed constructive fraud in the request for the release. DENIED AS TO ALL OTHER ISSUES. ------- No. 11SC613 Court of Appeals Case No. 07CA698 Richard Anthony Hernandez, ------- 8
No. 11SC692 Court of Appeals Case No. 09CA2704 Petitioners: Turene Lombard and Pueblo School District #60, Respondents: Colorado Outdoor Education Center, Inc., a Colorado non-profit corporation, d/b/a The Nature Place; and Sanborn Western Camps Inc., a Colorado non-profit corporation, d/b/a The Nature Place. ------- No. 11SC697 Court of Appeals Case No. 10CA1169 Lawrence William Fitzgerald, Jr., Respondents: Corrections Corporation of America; Hoyt Brill, Warden; and Kerry Kahle. ------- No. 11SC780 Court of Appeals Case No. 08CA1985 Tisha Ann Johnson, ------- 9
No. 11SC795 Court of Appeals Case No. 10CA2283 Susan Keeney, State Farm Fire & Casualty Company. ------- No. 11SC815 Court of Appeals Case No. 08CA1638 Willie Dee Hayward, Jr., ------- No. 11SC865 Court of Appeals Case No. 06CA1288 Jorge Chavez-Flores, ------- 10
No. 11SC900 Court of Appeals Case Nos. 10CA1493 & 10CA2253 Gary Bastian, EMJ Corporation. Petition for Writ of Certiorari GRANTED. EN BANC. Summary of Issues: Whether the court of appeals erred in holding that a trial court abused its discretion by treating an entry of default as a default judgment for the purposes of setting it aside, where the trial court found that the defaulting party did not establish excusable neglect pursuant to C.R.C.P. 60(b) and the defaulting party raised only perfunctory defenses. Whether the court of appeals erred by applying an insufficiently deferential standard of review to a trial court s denial of a motion to set aside an entry of default. DENIED AS TO ALL OTHER ISSUES. ------- No. 11SC902 Court of Appeals Case No. 09CA944 Francisco Nasario Aguirre, ------- 11
No. 11SC907 Court of Appeals Case No. 10CA1739 Oscar Porres, ------- No. 11SC922 Court of Appeals Case No. 11CA16 Antoine Michael Garcia, ------- No. 11SC927 Court of Appeals Case No. 10CA2275 Alphonso Caesar, ------- 12
No. 11SC933 Court of Appeals Case No. 09CA1180 Ernest Benson, Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. EN BANC. ------- No. 11SC950 Court of Appeals Case No. 10CA520 Pedro Martinez, ------- No. 12SC4 Court of Appeals Case No. 09CA1958 Jose Antonio Flores, ------- 13
No. 12SC6 Court of Appeals Case No. 09CA2327 Marc Sherman, ------- No. 12SC12 Mesa County District Court Case No. 11CV4336 John McDugle, ------- No. 12SC17 Court of Appeals Case No. 09CA1097 Elizabeth Tinoco-Tapia, ------- 14
No. 12SC28 Court of Appeals Case No. 10CA356 Bruce Robert Goldman, ------- No. 12SC31 Court of Appeals Case No. 09CA1578 Larry Eugene Fuller, ------- No. 12SC33 Court of Appeals Case No. 09CA396 Thomas Gene Blake, Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. EN BANC ------- 15
No. 12SC50 Court of Appeals Case No. 10CA1861 Kenneth A. Knapp, Capital One Bank (USA) N.A. ------- No. 12SC63 Court of Appeals Case No. 09CA2205 Israel Ham Munoz, Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. EN BANC. ------- No. 12SC70 Court of Appeals Case No. 11CA1649 Janet M. Miller, Respondents: Industrial Claim Appeals Office and Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation. JUSTICE MÁRQUEZ does not participate. ------- 16
No. 12SC91 Court of Appeals Case No. 11CA1474 Clifford Woods, ------- No. 12SC93 Court of Appeals Case No. 11CA427 Jesse Miller, ------- No. 12SC108 Court of Appeals Case No. 09CA2054 Petitioners: Dorothy L. Breezie Hauck and Aaron Allen, David T. Simmons, II. ------- 17
No. 12SC144 Court of Appeals Case No. 09CA2397 Obdulio Arvelo, ------- No. 12SC155 Court of Appeals Case No. 10CA1721 Mwila Chimembe, ------- No. 12SC161 Court of Appeals Case No. 10CA2660 Hazhar Sayed, ------- 18
No. 12SC167 Court of Appeals Case No. 10CA183 In re the Marriage of: Loren J. Randall, and Lori A. Minikus-Randall. ------- No. 12SC178 Court of Appeals Case No. 11CA5 Milo Lynn Burr, ------- No. 12SC350 Court of Appeals Case No. 11CA2335 B.R., The People of the State of Colorado, In the Interest of Minor Child, C.M.R. JUSTICE MÁRQUEZ and JUSTICE BOATRIGHT do not participate. ------- 19
No. 12SC361 Court of Appeals Case No. 11CA2127 R.I.H., The People of the State of Colorado, In the Interest of Minor Children, M.J.M. and I.W.M. ------- 20