Legal Opinion
Smith v. Beckman
Colorado Court of Appeals
Decided April 26, 1984No. 84CA0161PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HODGES * , Justice.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court requiring County Judge Alan Robert Beckman to disqualify himself from presiding in the case involving Thomas A. Smith, who is charged with a misdemeanor. We affirm.
In 1982, when Judge Beckman was appointed to the position of Arapahoe County Judge, his wife, Andrea Beckman, was a deputy district attorney in Arapahoe County. Ms. Beckman is currently serving in the same position, and is assigned to the juvenile division, where she handles matters exclusively in the district court. Judge Beckman and Robert R. Gallagher,…
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