Episode 374 - OADC Weekly Case Law Update

This podcast covers case summaries distributed on 7/26/2024. Cases and Keywords with timestamps: (00:56) UNPUBLISHED People v. Chavira, 23CA0389 (July 25, 2024); Sentencing court committed Blakely error for exceeding presumptive range. (04:46) United States v. Venjohn, No. 23-8028 (June 12, 2024); Colorado conviction for felony menacing cannot be used to enhance Federal sentence as a crime of violence because Colorado jurisprudence allows felony menacing to be committed without the threat being communicated. Links: United States v. Venjohn https://files.constantcontact.com/45bb5db5401/8e2429b4-f4f7-40fa-9274-5cd054505900.pdf?rdr=true Victory Newsletters Issue 30 of 2024, Mon., July 22, 2024 https://files.constantcontact.com/45bb5db5401/3a3474cd-fcd7-4433-879e-6beaa69add3f.pdf?rdr=true Issue 29 of 2024, Mon., July 15, 2024 https://files.constantcontact.com/45bb5db5401/0d1260c2-ac6c-4aff-b1ee-e5980a7db746.pdf?rdr=true Issue 28 of 2024, Mon., July 8, 2024 https://files.constantcontact.com/45bb5db5401/46729865-aec2-42df-8d58-081d5a944520.pdf?rdr=true Issue 27 of 2024, Mon., July 1, 2024 https://files.constantcontact.com/45bb5db5401/ebc2089e-08bf-4250-be20-ddfc8d485c44.pdf?rdr=true Issue 26 of 2024, Mon., June 24, 2024 https://files.constantcontact.com/45bb5db5401/190e6419-4be7-4644-a482-6e59e5f35f45.pdf?rdr=true 2024 Legislative recap CCJRC: https://www.ccjrc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/CCJRC-Newsletter-Summer-2024.pdf ACLU: https://www.aclu-co.org/en/2024-legislative-recap ABA Ethics opinion re: use of listserv Announcement of ABA Ethics Opinion https://www.americanbar.org/news/abanews/aba-news-archives/2024/05/aba-issues-ethics-guidance-listservs/ Ethics Opinion 511 https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/professional_responsibility/ethics-opinions/aba-formal-opinion-511.pdf Voting is now allowed for people in county jails! https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb24-072 TEDTalk suggestion from Bert https://www.ted.com/talks/lisa_feldman_barrett_you_aren_t_at_the_mercy_of_your_emotions_your_brain_creates_them?user_email_address=fcd14c1beaa413f4324802db1a44a4aa&lctg=62d19fe95473360814bfb7b3&subtitle=en Contact Shawndell Irving here: Shawndell Irving Music by Scott Holmes. Used under a Creative Commons license. Download today's music at: http://freemusicarchive.org/ NOTE regarding unpublished Colorado Court of Appeals opinions: Please remember the Court of Appeals Policy states that the citation of unpublished opinions in the Court of Appeals is forbidden, with limited exceptions. Copies of unpublished opinions are provided for private use and are not to be included in an electronic database or otherwise published. Also, please note that you are free to cite unpublished cases in the district court for whatever persuasive value the judge may give them. Patterson v. James, 2018 COA 173, ¶¶ 40-43. You may request unpublished cases from the COA at http://www.courts.state.co.us/Courts/Court_Of_Appeals/Opinion_Request.cfm