![]() ![]() Rose told the panel that the Courts in the Community event itself illustrated remote viewership is not a substitute for letting people watch legal proceedings in person. In arguing the judge violated Bialas' Sixth Amendment right to a public trial, public defender Meredith K. The judge did not find Bialas' supporters were responsible for misconduct, but rather the "best, easiest" rule was to have no spectators in the courtroom. At the second trial in 2021, a Gilpin County judge ejected her family members from the courtroom, telling them to watch remotely from a different room. After a jury convicted her of assault in 2017, the Court of Appeals ordered a new trial. Bialas, was the second time Michelle Re Nae Bialas had her claims heard before the Court of Appeals. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette Rheiner added that he often has a good sense of whether he is likely to win a case, but "I’m gonna be totally honest with you guys: I have no idea on this one."Īssistant Attorney General Danny Rheiner answers questions from Conifer Senior High School students during a Q&A at the recess between the hearing of two Colorado Court of Appeals cases being held in the library of the school as part of the Courts in the Community educational outreach program on Tuesday, May 16, 2023, in Conifer, Colo. "I was pretty much through my outline and I don’t think you wanna stay up there for longer if you don’t have anything to say," he responded. "The preference in our system of justice is to have judge-made law progress incrementally and not with big sweeping change."Īssistant Attorney General Danny Rheiner, arguing for the state, was asked why he ended his argument early, with several minutes left in his allotted 15 minutes. "Sometimes I will focus on facts that help the judges keep their ruling, the impact of it, limited to just this case or very few other cases," said Sarah Schielke, the attorney representing Jansma. The only evidence was an officer's report, issued one week after the traffic stop, with a box checked for "refused" and no elaboration about Jansma's refusal. A hearing officer upheld the revocation based on a finding that Maggie Jansma refused to take a test for her blood alcohol level. Colorado Department of Revenue, involved a woman arrested for impaired driving whose driver license then became subject to revocation. The first case the panel heard, Jansma v. Tow III answer student questions in a Q&A after hearing two Colorado Court of Appeals cases being held in the library of Conifer Senior High School as part of the Courts in the Community educational outreach program on Tuesday, May 16, 2023, in Conifer, Colo. "At least to me, that seems anathema to what we're supposed to be doing - and having independence and trying not to be biased and commenting about decisions that come before you."Ĭolorado Court of Appeals judges, from left, Sueanna P. ![]() "In Colorado, I think you would have a lot of the judiciary, if you went to a partisan election, not wanting to become judges," she said. Johnson lobbed gentle criticism at the practice - seen most recently in a highly partisan Wisconsin Supreme Court race this spring - of judges "raising money and campaigning on how they would decide certain issues." The panel also contrasted Colorado's merit-based method for selecting judges with both the federal system of lifetime appointments and the majority of states that fill their benches through elections. Johnson answer student questions in a Q&A after hearing two Colorado Court of Appeals cases being held in the library of Conifer Senior High School as part of the Courts in the Community educational outreach program on Tuesday, May 16, 2023, in Conifer, Colo. ![]() Colorado Court of Appeals judges, from left, Ted C. ![]()
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