MARTINEZ v. ESTATE OF BLECK

Supreme Court Case No. 14SC346.

379 P.3d 315 (2016)

2016 CO 58

Jeffrey A. MARTINEZ, Petitioner v. The ESTATE OF Steven Wayne BLECK, by Joanna Churchill, Personal Representative for Steven Bleck, deceased, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado.

September 12, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorneys for Petitioner: Vaughan & DeMuro, Gordon L. Vaughan , David R. DeMuro , Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Attorneys for Respondent: Bachus & Schanker, LLC, J. Kyle Bachus , Maaren L. Johnson , Denver, Colorado.

Attorneys for Amicus Curiae The Colorado Municipal League: The Law Office of Steven J. Dawes, LLC, Steven J. Dawes , Denver, Colorado.

En banc


¶ 1 Upon obtaining information that Steven Wayne Bleck was suicidal and possibly armed, officers with the Alamosa Police Department, including petitioner Jeffrey A. Martinez, entered Bleck's hotel room. After Bleck did not respond to the officers' command to show his hands and lie down on the...

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