In Re: The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff,
v.
Jared CORTES-GONZALEZ, Defendant.
Supreme Court of Colorado.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
March 21, 2022.
Rehearing Denied April 11, 2022.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Attorneys for Plaintiff: Michael J. Rourke , District Attorney, Nineteenth Judicial District, Travis M. Winter , Deputy District Attorney, Greeley, Colorado.
Attorney for Respondent Stephanie Perkins: Reppucci Law Firm, P.C., Jonathan D. Reppucci , Denver, Colorado.
Attorneys for Respondent Weld County District Court: Philip J. Weiser , Attorney General, Michael Kotlarczyk , Assistant Attorney General, Denver, Colorado.
Attorneys for Amici Curiae Office of Alternate Defense Counsel and Colorado Criminal Defense Bar: Law Offices of Ann M. Roan, LLC, Ann M. Roan , Boulder, Colorado.
JUSTICE SAMOUR delivered the Opinion of the Court, in which CHIEF JUSTICE BOATRIGHT, JUSTICE MÁRQUEZ, JUSTICE HOOD, JUSTICE GABRIEL, JUSTICE HART, and JUSTICE BERKENKOTTER, joined.
JUSTICESAMOUR delivered the Opinion of the Court.
¶1 A party may not use the attorney-client privilege as both a shield and a sword. This is by no means breaking news. Indeed, the rule's vintage is the late 1800s. See Hunt v. Blackburn,128 U.S. 464, 9 S.Ct. 125, 32 L.Ed. 488 (1888). In Blackburn,...
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