"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 NONE ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PETITIONS FOR REHEARING NONE ---------------------------------------------------------------------- GRANTED ORIGINAL PROCEEDING PURSUANT TO C.A.R. 21 No. 16SA75, In Re: Dep t of Transportation Amerco Real Estate District Court, Jefferson County, Case No. 15CV31797 An Order to Show Cause was issued on March 3, 2016 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1
PETITIONS FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI No. 14SC637 Court of Appeals Case No. 13CA1092 Claire A. Koren, Jose Morales-Guevara. Petition for Writ of Certiorari GRANTED as to the following issue: Whether the automatic reversal rule in civil jury trials announced in Blades DaFoe, 704 P.2d 317 (Colo. 1985), was implicitly overruled in People Novotny, 2014 CO 18, 320 P.3d 1194, or should be overruled in order to be made consistent with this court s decision in Novotny. The judgment of the Colorado Court of Appeals is vacated, and the case is remanded to the Colorado Court of Appeals for reconsideration in light of Laura A. Newman, LLC Roberts, 2016 CO 9, P.3d. EN BANC. DENIED AS TO ALL OTHER ISSUES. No. 15SC283 Court of Appeals Case No. 11CA1033 Daniel Rigg, 2
No. 15SC339 Court of Appeals Case No. 11CA1660 Ruby Lynn Trujillo, JUSTICE BOATRIGHT does not participate. No. 15SC351 Court of Appeals Case No. 12CA1143 Zachariah Clark Dobler, No. 15SC556 Court of Appeals Case No. 12CA2501 Kadny Zayle, 3
No. 15SC581 Court of Appeals Case No. 14CA809 Conejos County Board of Equalization, Respondents: Board of Assessment Appeals of the State of Colorado and Mary C. DeLorenzo. No. 15SC621 Court of Appeals Case No. 12CA481 Mark Weeks, JUSTICE MARQUEZ would grant as to the following issue: Whether the court of appeals erred, and deviated from existing precedent, in concluding that evidence of dissimilar acts of animal abuse and verbal abuse of petitioner s stepchildren was admissible under the doctrine of chances to prove the actus reus associated with charges arising from the death of petitioner s daughter. 4
No. 15SC713 Court of Appeals Case No. 14CA818 Petitioners: Arkansas Valley Publishing Company, d/b/a The Herald Democrat, and Marcia Martinek, Lake County Board of County Commissioners. No. 15SC735 Court of Appeals Case No. 13CA2362 Stephen Keno, Aspen Springs Metropolitan District. No. 15SC755 Court of Appeals Case No. 14CA1595 Laina Tolson, Colorado Department of Human Services. 5
No. 15SC781 Court of Appeals Case No. 14CA915 Teresa Bradford, USAA Casualty Insurance Company. No. 15SC788 Court of Appeals Case No. 12CA2344 Petitioner/Cross- The People of the State of Colorado, Respondent/Cross- Adrian Parra-Hernandez. Petition and Cross- No. 15SC966 Court of Appeals Case No. 13CA478 Chester Neal Smalley, JUSTICE MÁRQUEZ does not participate. 6
No. 16SC23 Court of Appeals Case No. 14CA2238 Ricky Cuong Hoang, Petition for Writ of Certiorari pursuant to C.A.R. 50 GRANTED. EN BANC. Summary of the Issue: [REFRAMED] Whether the limited statutory right to counsel for meritorious Crim. P. 35(c) motions recognized in Silva People, 156 P.3d 1164 (Colo. 2007), also applies to Crim. P. 35(b) motions. DENIED AS TO ALL OTHER ISSUES. JUSTICE BOATRIGHT does not participate. 7