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People Ex Rel. G.E.S.

Colorado Court of Appeals

Decided December 15, 2016No. Court of Appeals 16CA0780PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

JUDGE J. JONES

¶ ■ 1 G.S. (father) appeals the judgment adjudicating his daughter, G.E.S., dependent and neglected and adopting a treatment plan for him. Because we conclude that the district court erred in admitting unduly prejudicial testimony regarding polygraph examinations, we reverse the judgment adjudicating the child dependent and neglected .as well as the related dispositional order adopting a treatment plan, and remand the case for a new trial.

I. Background

¶ 2 In May 2015, father’s then twelve-year-old stepdaughter, J.OE., told her therapist that father had made hér…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. People v. EppensSupreme Court of Colorado · 1999
  2. People v. AndersonSupreme Court of Colorado · 1981
  3. People v. DiefenderferSupreme Court of Colorado · 1989
  4. People v. PhillipsColorado Court of Appeals · 2012
  5. Martin v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1987

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3Cited by8 opinions

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