Episode 410 - OADC Weekly Case Law Update

This podcast covers case summaries distributed on 5/2/2025 Cases and Keywords: Marquez v. Schafer, 2025COA44 (May 1, 2025); The district court dismissed the petition finding Marquez's municipal ordinance conviction constitutes a misdemeanor under local law, as set forth in §921(a)(33)(A)(i) after the 2022 amendments. The division agreed with CBI and affirmed. Johnson v. Staab, 2025COA45 (May 1, 2025); Jury permitted to consider material omissions from and false statements in a search warrant affidavit that were the result of negligence or mistake, and these would not prove a constitutional violation, required reversal. In People v. Parks, 987 N.W.2d 161 (Mich. 2022); Mandatory sentencing of 18-year-old to LWOP violates proportionality required by the Michigan Constitution. Caylao-Do v. Logue (Denver Police Officer), 2025COA42 (May 1, 2025); Batson challenges, Anti-police bias expressed by juror during deliberations did not warrant granting of a motion for new trial and Pena-Rodriguez cannot be stretched to include anti-police bias. People v. Jones, 2025CO43 (May 1, 2025); As a matter of first impression in Colorado the division finds that evidence of a defendant's prior acts of abuse against a witness may be admissible under CRE 404(b) to buttress the witness's credibility if that evidence could explain the witness's reluctance to testify or the witness's changed accounts. Links: Caylao-Do v. Logue, 2025COA42 https://files.constantcontact.com/45bb5db5401/65328f48-aa01-41bc-9c68-eb3b41370128.pdf?rdr=true People v. Jones, 2025CO43 https://files.constantcontact.com/45bb5db5401/c4b5ceac-d36c-4634-8d7b-e272fb28f467.pdf?rdr=true Marquez v. Schafer, 2025COA44 https://files.constantcontact.com/45bb5db5401/8f930bf4-0b00-4d9f-b0e0-90ae5a3402af.pdf?rdr=true Johnson v. Staab, 2025COA45 https://files.constantcontact.com/45bb5db5401/44f57ff1-3f7b-44c1-bfe5-62411d08cee9.pdf?rdr=true People v. Poole Mich. 4.2025 https://files.constantcontact.com/45bb5db5401/47997b4d-f4f6-4fc8-b040-c1a4f22683b3.docx?rdr=true People v. Taylor, Mich 4.2025 https://files.constantcontact.com/45bb5db5401/b43d2ed1-97f0-46d4-a13e-937715f28665.docx?rdr=true 17 of 2025 Victory Newsletter https://files.constantcontact.com/45bb5db5401/9912ac9e-e1ac-4ec7-a634-4428d0b7028a.pdf?rdr=true Rules Change 2025(10) https://files.constantcontact.com/45bb5db5401/b52b8503-a66b-4125-9e5e-31fb2c258f4d.pdf?rdr=true IAALS Annual Report https://files.constantcontact.com/45bb5db5401/e09dbc52-8d9f-400b-bb8a-c55a1b899839.pdf?rdr=true 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