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SUPREME COURT, STATE OF COLORADO Case No. 09SA144

Two East 14th Avenue
Denver, Colorado 80203

Original Proceeding Pursuant to C.A.R. 21

Eagle County District Court, Case No. 08CV411
Honorable R. Thomas Moorhead, Judge

In re:

Plaintiff:

Goodman Associates, LLC,

v.

Defendant:

WP Mountain Properties, LLC.

RULE MADE ABSOLUTE

EN BANC

CHIEF JUSTICE MULLARKEY delivered the Opinion of the Court.

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SUPREME COURT, STATE OF COLORADO Case No. 09SA228

Two East 14th Avenue
Denver, Colorado 80203

Interlocutory Appeal from the District Court

Weld County District Court, Case No. 08CR1601
Honorable Gilbert A. Gutierrez, Judge

Plaintiff-Appellant:

The People of the State of Colorado,

v.

Defendant-Appellee:

Chad Broder.

ORDER REVERSED
EN BANC

JUSTICE MARTINEZ delivered the Opinion of the Court.

JUSTICE RICE does not participate.

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SUPREME COURT, STATE OF COLORADO Case No. 08SC936

Two East 14th Avenue
Denver, Colorado 80203

Certiorari to the Colorado Court of Appeals

Court of Appeals Case No. 06CA13

Petitioner:

The People of the State of Colorado,

v.

Respondent:

Allen Charles Bergerud.

JUDGMENT REVERSED
EN BANC

JUSTICE MARTINEZ delivered the Opinion of the Court.

JUSTICE COATS dissents, and JUSTICE RICE and JUSTICE EID join in the
dissent.

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SUPREME COURT, STATE OF COLORADO Case No. 08SC636

Two East 14th Avenue
Denver, Colorado 80203

Certiorari to the Colorado Court of Appeals

Court of Appeals Case No. 06CA2338

Petitioners:

Boston Stanton, Law Offices of Boston Stanton, James S. Covino, James

Covino Law Office, and James S. Covino, P.C.,

v.

Respondent:

Rod Schultz.

JUDGMENT AFFIRMED
EN BANC

JUSTICE BENDER delivered the Opinion of the Court.

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SUPREME COURT, STATE OF COLORADO Case No. 09SA56

Two East 14th Avenue
Denver, Colorado 80203

Interlocutory Appeal from the District Court

Weld County District Court, Case No. 08CR2148
Honorable James F. Hartmann, Judge

Plaintiff-Appellant:

The People of the State of Colorado,

v.

Defendant-Appellee:

Oscar Nevarez-Zambrano.

ORDER AFFIRMED
EN BANC

PER CURIAM.

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PETITIONS FOR REHEARING

SUPREME COURT, STATE OF COLORADO Case No. 09SC68

Two East 14th Avenue
Denver, Colorado 80203

Certiorari to the Colorado Court of Appeals

Court of Appeals Case No. 07CA2354
Petitioner:

Board of County Commissioners of the County of Boulder,

v.

Respondent:

Hygiene Fire Protection District.

Petition for Rehearing DENIED. EN BANC.

JUSTICE MARTINEZ, JUSTICE COATS, and JUSTICE EID would grant the Petition.

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SUPREME COURT, STATE OF COLORADO Case No. 08SC588
Two East 14th Avenue
Denver, Colorado 80203

Certiorari to the Colorado Court of Appeals

Court of Appeals Case No. 04CA2118
Petitioner:

The People of the State of Colorado,

v.

Respondent:

David Arthur Wittrein.

Petition for Rehearing DENIED. EN BANC.

JUSTICE MARTINEZ and JUSTICE BENDER would grant the Petition.

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PETITIONS FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI

No. 09SC227
Court of Appeals Case No. 07CA1105

Petitioner:
Floyd Hardesty,
v.
Respondent:
Edward C. Pino, M.D.

Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. EN BANC.

CHIEF JUSTICE MULLARKEY would grant as to the following issues:

Whether the court of appeals in Hardesty II erred by affirming the

trial court’s application of the law of the case doctrine to bar the
petitioner from relitigating an issue addressed in Hardesty I.

Whether the court in Hardesty I misapplied the medical malpractice

standard in ruling that the evidence was insufficient to show that the
defendant-doctor committed negligence when he performed surgery on the
plaintiff.
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No. 09SC252
Court of Appeals Case No. 04CA2072

Petitioner:
Gerald Dwayne Lewis,
v.
Respondent:
The People of the State of Colorado.

Petition for Writ of Certiorari GRANTED. EN BANC.

Summary of Issue:

Whether People v. Henderson, 810 P.2d 1058, 1062 (Colo. 1991), should
be overruled in light of subsequent United States Supreme Court
caselaw such as Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466 (2000), and
Blakely v. Washington, 124 S.Ct. 2531 (2004).

DENIED AS TO ALL OTHER ISSUES.

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No. 09SC288
Court of Appeals Case No. 07CA736

Petitioner:
Richard Steven Valdez,
v.
Respondent:
The People of the State of Colorado.

Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. EN BANC.

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No. 09SC417
Boulder County District Court Case No. 08CV770

Petitioner:
Jayson Tuck Cote,
v.
Respondent:
The People of the State of Colorado.

Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. EN BANC.

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No. 09SC438
Court of Appeals Case No. 06CA1233

Petitioner:
Garry Izor, Sr.,
v.
Respondent:
The People of the State of Colorado.

Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. EN BANC.

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No. 09SC470
Court of Appeals Case No. 08CA215

Petitioner:
James Turney,
v.
Respondents:
Civil Service Commission of the City and County of Denver, and the
City and County of Denver, a municipal corporation.

Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. EN BANC.

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No. 09SC487
Court of Appeals Case No. 06CA1578

Petitioner:
Robert T. Stuart, II,
v.
Respondent:
The People of the State of Colorado.

Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. EN BANC.

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No. 09SC548
District Court, City and County of Broomfield, Case No. 08CV264

Petitioner:
Michael Fuller,
v.
Respondent:
The People of the State of Colorado.

Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. EN BANC.

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No. 09SC582
Court of Appeals Case No. 06CA2014

Petitioner/Cross-Respondent:
Andreas Rubio,
v.
Respondent/Cross-Petitioner:
The People of the State of Colorado.

Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. Cross-Petition for Writ of

Certiorari GRANTED. EN BANC.

Summary of Issue:

Whether the court of appeals erred in concluding that a defendant was

entitled to jury instructions on lesser non-included offenses for four of
six counts arising from the same criminal act.

DENIED AS TO ALL OTHER ISSUES.

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No. 09SC650
Court of Appeals Case No. 06CA2403

Petitioner:
Nathan J. Dunlap,
v.
Respondent:
The People of the State of Colorado.

Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. EN BANC.

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No. 09SC740
Court of Appeals Case No. 07CA602

Petitioner:
Bryan Archuleta,
v.
Respondent:
The People of the State of Colorado.

Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. EN BANC.

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No. 09SC763
Court of Appeals Case No. 07CA1383

Petitioner:
Vernest Malcom Jones,
v.
Respondent:
The People of the State of Colorado.

Petition for Writ of Certiorari GRANTED. EN BANC.

Summary of Issue:

Whether the court of appeals erred in holding that the trial court
lacked jurisdiction to find that the parole board unlawfully revoked
parole due to parolee’s failure to comply with the sex offender terms
and conditions of his parole.

DENIED AS TO ALL OTHER ISSUES.

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No. 09SC781
Court of Appeals Case No. 08CA1487

Petitioner:
Cheryl A. Kendrick,
v.
Respondent:
Holly L. Pippin.

Petition for Writ of Certiorari GRANTED. EN BANC.

Summary of Issues:

Whether the court of appeals erred in holding that a driver who loses
control of a vehicle in winter driving conditions and collides with a
vehicle stopped at a traffic light is entitled to a sudden emergency
jury instruction.

Whether the court of appeals erred in concluding that a plaintiff is

not entitled to an instruction based on res ipsa loquitur when the
defendant loses control of her vehicle during winter driving
conditions and collides with the plaintiff.

Whether the court of appeals erred in concluding that jury misconduct

did not occur when a member of the jury made her own calculations
regarding vehicle accident reaction time and shared the calculations
with the other members of the jury.

DENIED AS TO ALL OTHER ISSUES.

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No. 09SC787
Court of Appeals Case No. 06CA989

Petitioner:
Robert Scott Roeder,
v.
Respondent:
The People of the State of Colorado.

Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. EN BANC.

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No. 09SC839
Court of Appeals Case No. 08CA1341

In re the Marriage of:

Petitioner/Cross-Respondent:
Hayden H. Thompson,
and
Respondent/Cross-Petitioner:
Marjorie Thompson.

Petition and Cross-Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED. EN BANC.

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No. 09SC916
Court of Appeals Case No. 08CA2348

Petitioner:
Jefferson County Board of Equalization,
v.
Respondents:
Mark W. Gerganoff, Robin E. McIntosh, and Board of Assessment Appeals.

Petition for Writ of Certiorari GRANTED. EN BANC.

Summary of Issue:

Whether section 39-8-109, C.R.S. (2008), requires the Board of

Assessment Appeals to award costs to taxpayers whose appeal is
sustained in part.
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