Colorado Judicial Branch: Colorado Court Of Appeals To Hear Arguments At Overland High School In Aurora On November 19

Press release from the Colorado Judicial Branch:

November 15, 2021

DENVER – A division of the Colorado Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments in two cases at Overland High School in Aurora on Friday, Nov. 19, 2021, before an audience of students. Limited public seating will be available, and all visitors to the school must wear face masks.

The visit is part of the Colorado Judicial Branch’s Courts in the Community, an outreach program the Colorado Supreme Court and Court of Appeals initiated on Law Day (May 1), 1986. The Courts in the Community program was developed to give Colorado high school students insight into the Colorado judicial system and illustrate how disputes are resolved in a democratic society. These are not mock proceedings. The Court will hear arguments in actual cases from which it will issue opinions. The court generally issues opinions within a few weeks of the arguments.

The 22 judges of the Colorado Court of Appeals sit in divisions of three judges to hear cases. Judges hearing the first case at Overland High School are David Furman, Lino S. Lipinsky de Orlov and Jaclyn Casey Brown. Chief Judge Steve Bernard will substitute for Judge Furman on the second case.

The two cases are:

The proceedings will begin at 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 19, at Overland High School (12400 E. Jewell Avenue in Aurora). A question-and-answer session, during which the students may ask questions of the attorneys, will follow the arguments in each case. At the conclusion of the second argument, the students also will have the opportunity to participate in a question-and-answer session with the Court of Appeals judges.

There will be a limited number of seats for the public. Visitors will need to bring a government-issued photo identification to present to school security officers for entry, and use of a face mask is required. Video recordings of the two arguments will be available online within one to two days of the arguments at http://www.courts.state.co.us/Courts/Court_Of_Appeals/Oral_Arguments/Index.cfm.

Editor’s Note:

The documents related to these two cases are located at: https://www.courts.state.co.us...

Additional information on the Courts in the Community program is available at: http://www.courts.state.co.us/Courts/Education/Community.cfm

News media organizations interested in recording the arguments may contact Jon Sarché at the State Court Administrator’s Office (contact information below). The following pages contain information about expanded media coverage.

We will be reserving seats for journalists. Please contact Jon Sarché at jon.sarche@judicial.state.co.us or at 720-625-5811 if you plan to attend.

What: Colorado Court of Appeals Oral Arguments

When: 10 a.m. - 12 p.m., Nov. 19, 2021

Where: Overland High School, 12400 E. Jewell Ave., Aurora, CO 80012

Photo opportunities. During oral arguments, the requirements set forth in Chapter 38, Rule 3 of the Colorado Supreme Court Rules are in effect. Rule 3 is attached. Highlights include:

For information, contact Jon Sarché, 720-625-5811.

Following each argument, during the question-and-answer interaction between the students, lawyers and judges, access is open for photography and videography without the limitations of Rule 3. All media representatives also are welcome to photograph the luncheon immediately following the cases.

Schedule:

10 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.

Opening remarks

10:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.

20CA1359, Stackpool v. Dept. of Revenue

10:45 a.m. – 11 a.m.

Judges conference; attorneys answer students’ questions

11 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

19CA1019, People v. Schweizer

11:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.

Judges conference; attorneys answer students’ questions

11:45 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Judges answer students’ questions

12 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. (est.)

Small-group discussion, judges and selected students

Request for Expanded Media Coverage. Requests for expanded media coverage must be submitted at least one day prior to the proceeding as outlined in Rule 3 (submitting requests earlier is appreciated to allow for response time). Requests may be made by filling out the form at https://www.courts.state.co.us/Media/request/. Contact information for counsel in the cases is provided below.

Expanded media coverage of court proceedings

The presence of expanded media coverage in the Colorado court system’s courtrooms is controlled by strict standards spelled out in Chapter 38, Rule 3 of the Colorado Supreme Court Rules effective July 1, 2010. The rule also outlines each step necessary to garner approval for such coverage.

There are several points in the Rule of particular note:

Request for expanded media coverage in Colorado state courts

Rule 3. Media Coverage of Court Proceedings

Counsel contact information:

20CA1359 – Kelly Stackpool v. Colorado Dept. of Revenue, Motor Vehicle Division

For the Appellant:

Abraham V. Hutt and Andrew E. Ho, Recht Kornfeld, P.C., 1600 Stout St., Ste. 1400, Denver, CO 80202, 303-573-1900, abe@rklawpc.com, andrew@rklawpc.com

For the Appellee:

Laurie Rottersman, Senior Assistant Attorney General, 1300 Broadway, 8th Floor, Denver, CO 80203, 720-508-6341, laurie.rottersman@coag.gov

19CA1019 – People of the State of Colorado v. Robert Scott Schweizer

For the Appellant:

Emily Hessler, Office of the Colorado State Public Defender, 1300 Broadway, Ste. 300, Denver, CO 80203, 303-764-1400, pdapp.service@coloradodefenders.us

For the Appellee:

Daniel J. De Cecco, Assistant Attorney General Fellow, 1300 Broadway, 9th Floor, Denver, CO 80203, 720-508-6000, daniel.dececco@coag.gov

This press release was produced by the Colorado Judicial Branch. The views expressed here are the author’s own.