                                  CASE ANNOUNCEMENTS
                                COLORADO SUPREME COURT
                                  MONDAY, MARCH 25, 2019

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                                                  OPINIONS



                                                  2019 CO 20

                                Supreme Court Case No. 18SA257
                              Original Proceeding Pursuant to C.A.R. 21
                         El Paso County District Court Case No. 18CR3870
                               Honorable Gregory R. Werner, Judge

                                                      In Re:
                                                    Plaintiff:
                                  The People of the State of Colorado,
                                                         v.
                                                  Defendant:
                                               Benjamin Roina.

                            Rule Made Absolute
                                    en banc
JUSTICE HART delivered the Opinion of the Court.




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                                    PETITIONS FOR REHEARING

                                                  2019 CO 17

                                  Supreme Court Case No. 17SC120
                                Certiorari to the Colorado Court of Appeals
                                  Court of Appeals Case No. 14CA71

                                                   Petitioner:

                                           Crystal Lynn Johnson,

                                                         v.

                                                 Respondent:

                                  The People of the State of Colorado.

Petition for Rehearing DENIED. EN BANC.



                                               RULE CHANGE

RULE CHANGE 2019(08)
COLORADO RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Rule 32
Amended and Adopted by the Court, En Banc, March 14, 2019, effective
immediately.




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                     GRANTED PETITIONS FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI

No. 18SC630, Court of Appeals Case No. 15CA1811
Petitioner:
Gerald Adrian Yeadon,
v.
Respondent:
The People of the State of Colorado.

Petition for Writ of Certiorari GRANTED. EN BANC.

[REFRAMED] Whether a trial court’s failure to impose the drug offender surcharge at
sentencing as required by section 18-19-103, C.R.S. (2018), renders the sentence illegal
such that it can be corrected at any time under Crim. P. 35(a).

DENIED AS TO ALL OTHER ISSUES.
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No. 18SC646, Court of Appeals Case No. 16CA2073
Petitioner:
Derick Wayne Russell,
v.
Respondent:
The People of the State of Colorado.

Petition for Writ of Certiorari GRANTED. EN BANC.

When the defendant was terminated from his concurrent community corrections
sentences from Jefferson and Douglas Counties, and resentenced to concurrent prison
sentences in both counties, whether he is entitled to presentence confinement credit in
Douglas County for time served in prison after his Jefferson County resentencing but
before his Douglas County resentencing.

DENIED AS TO ALL OTHER ISSUES.
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                      DENIED PETITIONS FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI

No. 17SC119, Court of Appeals Case No. 14CA2356
Petitioner:
Keith E. Rohracker,
v.
Respondent:
The People of the State of Colorado.

Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. EN BANC.
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No. 18SC465, Court of Appeals Case No. 14CA2104
Petitioner:
Jeanoh Baugher Barnett,
v.
Respondent:
The People of the State of Colorado.

Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. EN BANC.
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No. 18SC507, Court of Appeals Case Nos. 14CA2099 & 14CA2463
Petitioners:
UMB Bank, N.A.; Colorado Bondshares, a tax exempt fund; and Marin Metropolitan
District, a Colorado special district,
v.
Respondent:
Landmark Towers Association, Inc., a Colorado nonprofit corporation, by EWG-GV,
LLC, as receiver for 7677 East Berry Avenue Associates, LP, its declarant.

Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. EN BANC.
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No. 18SC626, Court of Appeals Case No. 16CA1260
Petitioner:
Sean Michael Lawson,
v.
Respondent:
The People of the State of Colorado.

Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. EN BANC.
JUSTICE HOOD does not participate.

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No. 18SC744, Court of Appeals Case No. 15CA2103
Petitioner:
Robert Harl Collins,
v.
Respondent:
The People of the State of Colorado.

Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. EN BANC.
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No. 18SC766, Court of Appeals Case No. 17CA357
Petitioner:
Timothy Eugenelee Carter,
v.
Respondent:
The People of the State of Colorado.

Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. EN BANC.
JUSTICE HOOD does not participate.
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No. 18SC767, Court of Appeals Case No. 16CA217
Petitioner:
Jason Scott Herbeck,
v.
Respondent:
The People of the State of Colorado.

Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. EN BANC.
JUSTICE HOOD does not participate.
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No. 18SC786, Court of Appeals Case No. 15CA1000
Petitioner:
David Puente-Ruiz,
v.
Respondent:
The People of the State of Colorado.

Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. EN BANC.
JUSTICE HOOD does not participate.
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No. 18SC813, Court of Appeals Case No. 18CA1966
In re the Marriage of
Petitioner:
Jane Lane,
and
Respondent:
Sean James Lane.

Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. EN BANC.
JUSTICE HOOD does not participate.
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No. 18SC823, Court of Appeals Case No. 17CA785
Petitioner:
Victoria Negus-Ewell, Personal Representative,
v.
Respondent:
Jonna Negus-Pemberton.

Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. EN BANC.
JUSTICE HOOD does not participate.
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No. 18SC867, La Plata County District Court Case No. 18CV2010
Petitioner:
Steven F. Roberson,
v.
Respondent:
City of Durango.

Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. EN BANC.
JUSTICE HOOD does not participate.

JUSTICE SAMOUR would grant as to the following issue:

Whether the District Court erred by granting Respondent’s Motion Seeking Dismissal of
the Appeal from the municipal court on the basis that Petitioner’s appellate brief in the
District Court was insufficient to comply with Crim P. 37(e).
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No. 18SC920, Court of Appeals Case No. 17CA1609
Petitioner:
Christopher Chism,
v.
Respondent:
The People of the State of Colorado.

Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. EN BANC.
JUSTICE HOOD does not participate.
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