Legal Opinion
Demarea Deshawn Mitchell, Petitioner: v. The People of the State of Colorado. Respondent:
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided February 2, 2026No. 24SC122Published
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Demarea Deshawn Mitchell, Petitioner:
v.
The People of the State of Colorado. Respondent:
No. 24SC122
Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc
February 2, 2026
ADVANCE SHEET HEADNOTE
In this case, the supreme court granted certiorari to consider whether the court of appeals division below erred in affirming the trial court's denial of the defendant's motion to dismiss for selective prosecution in a case in which the defendant, who is Black, and his three codefendants were all charged with felony murder, but only the two non-Black defendants received a plea bargain offer that allowed them to be…
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