CASE ANNOUNCEMENTS COLORADO SUPREME COURT MONDAY, OCTOBER 29, 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 85 Supreme Court Case No. 16SC906 Certiorari to the Colorado Court of Appeals Court of Appeals Case No. 15CA990 In re the Marriage of Mandy Rooks, and Drake Rooks. Judgment Reversed en banc JUSTICE MÁRQUEZ delivered the Opinion of the Court. JUSTICE HOOD dissents, and CHIEF JUSTICE COATS and JUSTICE SAMOUR join in the dissent. 1
2018 CO 86 Supreme Court Case No. 17SC195 Certiorari to the District Court El Paso County District Court Case No. 16CV32107 Rodolfo Lozano-Ruiz. Judgment Reversed en banc JUSTICE HART delivered the Opinion of the Court. 2
PETITIONS FOR REHEARING 2018 CO 69 Supreme Court Case No. 17SC15 Certiorari to the Colorado Court of Appeals Court of Appeals Case No. 15CA1327 Jared J. Przekurat, by and through his Parent, Co-Guardian, Co-Conservator and Next Friend, Jerome Przekurat, Respondents: Christopher Torres, Samuel S. Stimson, Peter Stimson, and Mitchell Davis. Petition for Rehearing DENIED. EN BANC. GRANTED PETITIONS FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI No. 18SC406, Court of Appeals Case No. 15CA2082 Osmundo Rivera Cali. Petition for Writ of Certiorari GRANTED. EN BANC. Whether the court of appeals erred by applying a statutory amendment to a final conviction. 3
DENIED PETITIONS FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI No. 18SC92, Court of Appeals Case No. 15CA1602 Petitioner/Cross- Jose Galileo Vasquez Chavez, Respondent/Cross- Petition and Cross- No. 18SC150, Court of Appeals Case No. 14CA1444 Anthony Paul Valdez, No. 18SC161, Court of Appeals Case No. 14CA1336 Petitioner/Cross- Respondent/Cross- Jennifer L. Lewis. Petition and Cross- No. 18SC324, Court of Appeals Case No. 16CA1446 In the Interest of J.C. JUSTICE BOATRIGHT would grant as to the following issue: Whether the Children s Code forecloses the imposition of an indeterminate sentence. 4
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No. 18SC388, Court of Appeals Case No. 17CA1089 Petitioner/Cross- Laurie Nakauchi, Respondents/Cross-Petitioners: Alvin Tafoya, in his official capacity as Director of Child Support Services for Jefferson County, Colorado; Larry Desbien, in his official capacity as state Director of Colorado Child Support Services; Reggie Bicha, in his official capacity as Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Human Services; and Yvette Gallegos, in her official capacity as a child support specialist for Child Support Services. Petition and Cross- No. 18SC475, Court of Appeals Case No. 15CA428 Juan Manuel Velasquez-Trinidad, No. 18SC488, Court of Appeals Case No. 17CA853 Joseph A. Camp, Jefferson County District Attorney. No. 18SC489, Court of Appeals Case No. 17CA59 Sammie Lee Denson, Jr., 6
No. 18SC495, Court of Appeals Case No. 16CA4 Mario Gomez, No. 18SC497, Court of Appeals Case No. 16CA1048 Victor Lopez, JUSTICE MÁRQUEZ does not participate. No. 18SC502, Court of Appeals Case No. 16CA1286 Donald L. Betts, No. 18SC514, Weld County District Court Case No. 17CV31062 Justin Mason, 7
No. 18SC523, Court of Appeals Case No. 16CA1860 Rogelio Manuel Mares, No. 18SC525, Court of Appeals Case No. 11CA1460 Bradley Raymond Clemens, No. 18SC528, Court of Appeals Case No. 18CA402 Ernest Seadin, Rick Raemisch, Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Corrections. No. 18SC529, Court of Appeals Case No. 17CA858 Micah Woody, 8
No. 18SC662, Court of Appeals Case No. 17CA2211 H. H., In the Interest of Minor Children: O. B. and S. H., and Concerning J. B. No. 18SC663, Court of Appeals Case No. 17CA1983 S. M., In the Interest of Minor Child: A. V.-G. No. 18SC672, Court of Appeals Case No. 17CA1921 J. G., In the Interest of Minor Children: X. C.-C., G. C.-C., and M. G.-C., and Concerning A. C. 9