A divided Supreme Court found an independent investigation by law firm Reed Smith and the attorney general’s discovery that the prosecutor knowingly elicited false testimony and failed to correct it was enough to overturn the conviction and death sentence of Richard Glossip for directing the 1997 murder of Barry Van Treese by Justin Sneed.
The state Supreme Court affirmed that Colorado’s habeas statute only applies to persons, and not to nonhuman animals, no matter how cognitively sophisticated they may be.
Facing an influx of briefs riddled with fake legal citations and errors, the appeals court determined future filings with such errors may result in sanctions.
