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In Re The People of the State of Colorado v. Issac James Lawrence
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided June 1, 2026No. 26SA25PublishedCited by 1 opinion
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2026 CO 39
In Re The People of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff v. Issac James Lawrence, Defendant
No. 26SA25
Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc
June 1, 2026
In this C.A.R. 21 proceeding, the defendant, who was charged as an adult for crimes committed when he was a minor and who was initially held in the custody of the Division of Youth Services ("DYS"), asserts that the district court unlawfully and unconstitutionally ordered that he be transferred from DYS custody to a county jail when he turned eighteen years old.
The supreme court concludes that, under the plain and unambiguous language of…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- People v. DiazSupreme Court of Colorado · 2015
- Industrial Claim Appeals Office v. RomeroSupreme Court of Colorado · 1996
- People v. BlackSupreme Court of Colorado · 1996
- In re People v. TafoyaSupreme Court of Colorado · 2019
- People v. YoungSupreme Court of Colorado · 1993
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