PEOPLE v. CORTES-GONZALEZ

Supreme Court Case No. 21SA308.

506 P.3d 835 (2022)

2022 CO 14

In Re: The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff, v. Jared CORTES-GONZALEZ, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Colorado.

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.

Attorneys for Defendant: Megan A. Ring , Public Defender, Megan Bishop , Deputy Public Defender, Michele Newell , Deputy Public Defender, Ashley E. Sullivan , Deputy Public Defender, 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.


¶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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