In re the 2000-2001 District Grand Jury in & for the First Judicial District

I. Introduction

In this case, the City of Black Hawk (“Black Hawk”) contests the court of appeals’ decision in In re 2000-2001 District Grand Jury in and for the First Judicial District, State of Colorado, and Concerning the City of Black Hawk, 77 P.3d 779 (Colo.App.2003) (“Grand Jury II”), in which that court declined to interpret section 16-5-205.5, 6 C.R.S. (2003) to permit discovery of grand jury records. The statute authorizes a grand jury to release a report of its investigation even when it does not issue an indictment, and allows a person named in the report to issue a published…