Supreme Court, State of Colorado

SUPREME COURT, STATE OF COLORADO 9:00 a.m. Oral Argument: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 EN BANC Bailiff: Melissa Boness/Tricia Leakey

09SC252 ( 1 HOUR)

Petitioner: ) For the Petitioner: ) Douglas K. Wilson Gerald Dwayne Lewis, ) Colorado State Public Defender ) Andrew C. Heher v. ) Deputy State Public Defender ) Respondent: ) For the Respondent: ) John W. Suthers The People of the State of Colorado. ) Attorney General ) John D. Seidel ) Assistant Attorney General

Certiorari to the Colorado Court of Appeals, 04CA2072 Docketed: March 30, 2009 At Issue: February 4, 2011

ISSUE(S):

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). ______

1 Oral Argument: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 10:00 a.m EN BANC

09SC990 (½ HOUR)

Petitioner: ) For the Petitioner: ) Sandra Saltrese-Miller David Henry Wood, ) Saltrese, Faville & DeSeguin, LLC ) and v. ) Ingrid J. DeFranco ) Law Offices of Ingrid J. DeFranco Respondent: ) ) For the Respondent: The People of the State of Colorado. ) John W. Suthers ) Attorney General ) Katherine A. Aidala ) Assistant Attorney General

Certiorari to the Colorado Court of Appeals, 06CA2581 Docketed: November 30, 2009 At Issue: December 8, 2010

ISSUE(S):

Whether the court of appeals erred in determining that the trial court’s pretrial denial of immunity from prosecution under the make-my-day statute is not reviewable. ______

2 Oral Argument: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 10:30 a.m. EN BANC

09SC652 (½ HOUR)

Petitioner: ) For the Petitioner: ) Douglas K. Wilson Terry Townsend, ) Colorado State Public Defender ) Elizabeth Griffin v. ) Deputy State Public Defender ) Respondent: ) For the Respondent: ) John W. Suthers The People of the State of Colorado. ) Attorney General ) Jennifer A. Berman ) Assistant Attorney General

Certiorari to the Colorado Court of Appeals, 06CA1207 Docketed: August 3, 2009 At Issue: January 25, 2011

ISSUE(S):

Whether reversal is required where the jury instructions encouraged a jury verdict based on parole violations that do not constitute escape as a matter of law.

Whether section 17-27.5-104, C.R.S. is unconstitutional because it is vague as applied.

Whether section 17-27.5-104, C.R.S., is unconstitutional because it violates the separation of powers and nondelegation doctrines of the Colorado Constitution. ______

3 SUPREME COURT, STATE OF COLORADO 1:30 p.m. Oral Argument: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 EN BANC Bailiff: Jennifer Seidenberg/Rachel Jones

09SC808 (1 HOUR)

Petitioner: ) For Petitioner : ) John W. Suthers The People of the State of Colorado, ) Attorney General ) Rhonda L. White v. ) Assistant Attorney General ) Respondent: ) For Respondent: ) Leslie A. Goldstein Gonzalo Dalimiro Santana. ) Attorney at Law, L.L.C. )

Certiorari to the Colorado Court of Appeals, 08CA978 Docketed: September 28, 2009 At Issue: January 25, 2011

ISSUE(S):

Whether the court of appeals erred in its application of the harmless error standard of review to the trial court’s denial of a mistrial.

Whether the court of appeals erred in concluding that the prosecutor’s questions to the defendant’s expert witness and comments on the expert’s answers in closing argument improperly shifted the burden of proof and, if questions and comments shifted the burden of proof, that the error was not harmless. ______

4 SUPREME COURT, STATE OF COLORADO 9:00 a.m. Oral Argument: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 EN BANC Bailiff: Chad Grell/Stuart Gillespie

09SC1043 (1 HOUR)

Petitioner: ) For the Petitioner: ) Douglas K. Wilson Thomas Dean Tillery, ) Colorado State Public Defender ) Ellen K. Eggelston v. ) Deputy State Public Defender ) Respondent: ) For the Respondent: ) John W. Suthers The People of the State of Colorado. ) Attorney General ) Katharine J. Gillespie ) Assistant Attorney General

Certiorari to the Colorado Court of Appeals, 06CA1853 Docketed: December 18, 2009 At Issue: April 6, 2011

ISSUE(S):

Whether the court of appeals erred by holding that section 18-3-405(2)(d), C.R.S., authorizes conviction and sentencing of more than one pattern of sexual abuse charge against a single victim. ______

5 Oral Argument: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 10:00 a.m. EN BANC

09SC665 (½ HOUR)

Petitioner: ) For the Petitioner: ) John W. Suthers The People of the State of Colorado, ) Attorney General ) Katharine Gillespie v. ) Assistant Attorney General ) Respondent: ) For the Respondent: ) Douglas K. Wilson David Kenneth Simon. ) Colorado State Public Defender ) Karen N. Taylor ) Deputy Public Defender

Certiorari to the Colorado Court of Appeals, 06CA2229 Docketed: August 7, 2009 At Issue: October 28, 2010

ISSUE(S):

Whether each crime for sexual assault between a defendant and his victim can be enhanced, from a class four felony to a class three felony, if the crime is one of the acts that constitutes part of the pattern of abuse. ______

6 SUPREME COURT, STATE OF COLORADO 1:30 p.m. Oral Argument: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 EN BANC Bailiff: Hillary Aizenman/Jennifer Head

09SC763 (1 HOUR)

Petitioner: ) For the Petitioner: ) Douglas K. Wilson Vernest Malcolm Jones, ) Colorado State Public Defender ) Joseph Paul Hough v. ) Deputy State Public Defender ) Respondent: ) For the Respondent: ) John W. Suthers The People of the State of Colorado. ) Attorney General ) Chris W. Alber ) Assistant Attorney General

Certiorari to the Colorado Court of Appeals, 07CA1383 Docketed: September 8, 2009 At Issue: January 5, 2011

ISSUE(S):

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. ______

7 SUPREME COURT, STATE OF COLORADO 8:45 a.m. Oral Argument: Friday, April 29, 2011 EN BANC Bailiff: Blake Reid

Courts in the Community Ralston Valley High School Arvada, Colorado

09SC1050 (1 HOUR)

Petitioner: ) For the Petitioner: ) Alan D. Avery Air Wisconsin Airlines Corporation, a ) David H. Yun Delaware corporation, ) Jared R. Ellis ) Jaudon & Avery LLP v. ) and ) Donald Chance Mark Respondent: ) Alyson M. Palmer ) Fafinski Mark & Johnson, P.A. William L. Hoeper. ) ) For the Respondent: ) Scott A. McGath ) Jason P. Rietz ) Nikolai N. Frant ) Lindsey W. Jay ) Overturf McGath Hull & Doherty, P.C. ) ) For Amicus Curiae The United States : ) Paul Farley ) Assistant United States Attorney ) United States Attorney’s Office ) ) For Amicus Curiae ) The Colorado Press Association: ) Thomas B. Kelley ) Steven D. Zansberg ) Christopher P. Beall ) Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz, L.L.P. )

Certiorari to the Colorado Court of Appeals, 08CA1358 Docketed: December 21, 2009 At Issue: January 11, 2011

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ISSUE(S):

Whether the court of appeals erred in finding that the trial court properly submitted the issue of Air Wisconsin’s qualified immunity under the Aviation Transportation Security Act to the jury under Colorado law where federal courts generally require resolution of qualified immunity as a matter of law early in the proceedings.

Whether the court of appeals properly found that a de novo review of the record demonstrated clear and convincing evidence of actual malice.

Whether the court of appeals erred in finding that Air Wisconsin’s statements were not substantially true and not non-actionable statements of opinion. ______

9 Oral Argument: Friday, April 29, 2011 10:15 a.m. EN BANC

10SC94 (1 HOUR)

Petitioners: ) For the Petitioners: ) Thomas B. Kelley Denver Post Corp., a Colorado corporation ) Steven D. Zansberg d/b/a The Denver Post and Karen Crummy, a ) Christopher P. Beall Colorado citizen, ) Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz, L.L.P. ) v. ) For the Respondent: ) John W. Suthers Respondent: ) Attorney General ) Daniel D. Domenico Bill Ritter, Governor of the State of Colorado. ) Solicitor General ) Maurice G. Knaizer ) Deputy Attorney General ) ) For Amicus Curiae The Reporters ) Committee for Freedom of the Press, ) The American Society of News Editors, ) The Associated Press, The Association of ) Capitol Reporters and Editors, The ) Colorado Freedom of Information ) Counsel, The Colorado Press ) Association, The E.W. Scripps ) Company, Gannett Co, Inc.; Newspaper ) of Association of America; The Radio ) Television Digital News Association; The ) Society of Professional Journalists : ) Marc D. Flink ) Baker & Hostetler LLP ) ) For Amicus Curiae Colorado ) Municipal League: ) Rachel L. Allen )

Certiorari to the Colorado Court of Appeals, 08CA2659 Docketed: February 5, 2010 At Issue: December 23, 2010

ISSUE(S):

Whether the court of appeals properly held that the personal cell phone billing statements of Governor Bill Ritter do not constitute public records subject to disclosure under the Colorado Open Records Act. 10 ______