Found Deceased CO - Gannon Stauch, 11, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, 27 Jan 2020 **ARREST** #48

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Lbitts said:
They had a case of covid pop up at the El Paso county jail recently too. I’m also trying to dig up an article I saw about a DA here catching it too (from a few weeks back).

I want things to progress as much as anybody but closing the court makes sense. It’s become an issue. Hope everyone involved can stay safe and healthy.
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Wow.... that could spread fast .... although I do agree with you . Praying for safety and good health for all
 
This is from August 3rd.

New jury trial ban imposed in El Paso County amid coronavirus threat, chief judge says

El Paso County’s chief judge has reimposed a jury trial ban in Colorado Springs and pared down court business to “limited emergency services” amid signs of a potential COVID-19 outbreak at the downtown combined courts building.

The reduced operations go into effect Monday and will last at least two weeks, a state court spokesman said Sunday.

The moves come a month after El Paso County resumed a scaled-down jury trial schedule following a nearly four-month hiatus because of risks from the novel coronavirus.


But the effort to revive jury trials — albeit at a reduced pace and with a long list of precautions — was upended by news that a court reporter tested positive for the disease on Friday, two weeks after a prosecutor also fell ill. Court reporters transcribe court proceedings, testimony and depositions.

“This is being treated as a possible ‘outbreak’ and the courthouse is going to be placed back on shutdown status,” Rose Roy, head of the Colorado Springs branch of the Office of the State Public Defender, said in an email to her staff on Saturday. “There will be no trials for the next two weeks and we will be appearing in court (virtually) when at all possible.”
El Paso County was the first in the state to seek an exception to a statewide ban on jury trials implemented by Colorado Supreme Court Chief Justice Nathan B. Coats in response to the pandemic. The state’s top judge approved a waiver at Bain’s request, after Bain presented him with a plan to resume jury trials with precautions. Coats has since lifted his statewide ban, allowing chief judges in each district to decide when to resume jury trials.

In mid-July, the El Paso County courthouse began requiring anyone who entered to wear masks, and distributed masks to those who came without one.

Even with those steps, some judges deemed the risk of trials too high. In mid-July, for example, District Judge David A. Shakes cited the risk of coronavirus in postponing trial for Marco Garcia-Bravo, the defendant accused of serving as one of two triggermen in what authorities call the gang-related slayings of two Colorado Springs high school students in 2017.

Attorneys at the courthouse also questioned whether the precautions went far enough.

“You feel the heat and humidity of all the people waiting in the hall,” attorney Will Cook previously told the newspaper, describing people crammed onto shared benches and standing in groups. “Half of them have their masks pulled down. … It’s starting to feel unsafe.”

The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office also confirmed that an inmate who tested positive for COVID-19 — the first local jail inmate known to have contracted the disease — appeared in Bain’s courtroom on July 22. The inmate wore a mask, but it repeatedly slipped from his face while he consulted with his public defender, possibly exposing others, according to a supervisor in the Public Defender’s Office.
 
Cindizzi said:
El Paso County’s chief judge has reimposed a jury trial ban in Colorado Springs and pared down court business to “limited emergency services” amid signs of a potential COVID-19 outbreak at the downtown combined courts building.
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^^sbm

I don't think we've seen even a hint of what's to come with trials by jury. You can't present a trial to a jury over zoom, and I don't think even the questions of voir dire answered yet.

Reading about Texas courts that were still dealing with effects from storm Harvey when the pandemic added to their burden --

Last year at the end of May, court records show there were around 27,000 active criminal cases pending in Harris County District Courts. This year, there are around 39,000.

Can you imagine?

https://www.khou.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/pandemic-stalls-sentencing-in-david-temple-trial/285-c92eacc1-868a-414d-b59c-b0e7d332fa74
 
Seattle1 said:
^^sbm

I don't think we've seen even a hint of what's to come with trials by jury. You can't present a trial to a jury over zoom, and I don't think even the questions of voir dire answered yet.

Reading about Texas courts that were still dealing with effects from storm Harvey when the pandemic added to their burden --

Last year at the end of May, court records show there were around 27,000 active criminal cases pending in Harris County District Courts. This year, there are around 39,000.

Can you imagine?

https://www.khou.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/pandemic-stalls-sentencing-in-david-temple-trial/285-c92eacc1-868a-414d-b59c-b0e7d332fa74
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Oh wow jury trials just opened back here and I work n courthouse sure hope that doesn’t happen here
 
crhedBngr said:
How about right now? There's a pink-iced, filled donut in the middle, and then a pink-glazed donut for tomorrow.

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Aw...you spoil me. *advertiser censored*

ETA: This happened to me a long time ago ("I left my donut on the bus"), and one day, I'm going to use it as a book title! I promise to include you in the dedication! :)
 
Tomorrow is another work day .. I don’t know bout you guys but I looked here even when I wasn’t a member to hopefully see something new. But with the shut down guess there won’t be anything ... that’s life I guess plus I’m impatient... I just want to see LS convicted .. can’t wait to see how she reacts to the trail
 
Lovethesouth said:
I think of him everyday... just makes me think to what LS is up to ... its been quiet as far as she is concerned... wonder what her behavior is like is jail ?
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I suspect she's had quite the wake up call in jail, and probably realizes she could be broken (literally) in a myriad of ways, if she dares open her mouth to the wrong person, or offends anyone at all. Anyway, I hope that's the case.
 
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