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Colorado Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to ‘Felony-Murder’ Rule
The court disagreed that life in prison for a murder committed by an accomplice is an unconstitutionally cruel sentence.
State v. Kelliher
Held that a de facto life sentence for a juvenile defendant whom a trial court deemed “neither incorrigible nor irredeemable” violates the state constitution
Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, Inc. v. Reynolds ex rel. State
Held that there is no fundamental right to abortion under the state constitution, overruling 2018 decision
Commonwealth v. Reed
Concurrence would have clarified that state constitution provides greater protections than the Fourth Amendment
Doe v. Madison Metropolitan School District
Dissent would have granted parents' request to enjoin school policy on gender-identity and decide if it interferes with parents' right to educate and raise their children
Richard v. Speaker of the House of Representatives
Ruled no due process right to public legislative hearing on citizen's remonstrance where there is no constitutional mandate to assemble legislature to hear remonstrances
City of Olathe v. City of Spring Hill
Held that home-rule amendment to the Kansas Constitution does not abrogate the rule that a City Council cannot bind a future City Council to its policy decisions
Johnson v. State
Dissent would have held that order restricting petitioner’s future filings in forma pauperis violated constitutional right to access the courts
State v. Mascareno-Haidle
Ruled that, for pretrial detention, even if state shows dangerousness of the defendant, it is required to also prove that no conditions of release would reasonably protect the safety of the community
Salt Lake City Corp. v. Utah Inland Port Authority
Ruled statute’s inland port zoning provisions treating certain municipalities disparately had a legitimate legislative purpose
