People’s Motion in Limine(Colorado v. Cumberbatch)
District Attorney’s Office, Denver, CO | Jul 21, 2022
Prosecution’s motion in limine in a 1994 Colorado murder-sexual offense case. The prosecution sought to admit several “sanitized” police contacts with the defendant in Denver in 1994. This motion in limine was an attempt to limit prejudicial elements of the police contacts.
1) People’s Motion in Limine
2) People’s Response to Defense Motion to Dismiss for Pre-Indictment Delay
3) People’s Response to Defense Evidence Destruction Motion...
Prosecution argues that absent a showing of apparent exculpatory value of evidence not preserved and absent bad faith in not preserving such evidence, there is no basis for a due process violation and dismissal of the case...
Charges for a 1994 homicide brought in 2020 only when advances in forensic capabilities led to a DNA ‘hit’ of the defendant in the Combined DNA Index System in 2018. The following claims were made by the defense: 1) statute of limitations (found to be not applicable to first-degree murder...
