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Old January 17, 2020, 12:48 PM   #26
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AB, I just caught this.

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Aha! Here's another article that mentions bypassing the initial, ex parte hearing:

https://www.rallyforourrights.com/re...titioners-son/


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Susan Holmes discovered a loophole in Colorado’s Red Flag ERPO law that allowed her to bypass the initial Temporary ERPO hearing.
I confess that when I ran through the law previously, I never saw this. The 24 hour requirement in the language you quoted earlier above reads as a mandate to me.

If there really is such a loophole, it doesn't make this law better. It would mean that a petitioner alleges an imminent and serious danger, but is okie dokie with a later hearing.

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Sure, the LEO was notified and had representation when a regular citizen would get neither. Are any of y'all naïve enough to think it would happen otherwise?
I believe you are incorrect. Multiple articles (including one of those I linked to) have reported that in this case the petitioner (the grieving mother) elected to bypass the initial, same-day, ex parte hearing and to proceed directly to the full hearing at which the respondant/defendant was allowed to be represented.

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Susan Holmes discovered a loophole in Colorado’s Red Flag ERPO law that allowed her to bypass the initial Temporary ERPO hearing. The way it’s supposed to work is a Temp hearing would be scheduled within 24 hours of her filing, where the judge would determine based on a preponderance of evidence if the facts on the petition were true or not, and he would either approve or deny the Temp ERPO order.
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Old January 17, 2020, 01:20 PM   #28
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I confess that when I ran through the law previously, I never saw this. The 24 hour requirement in the language you quoted earlier above reads as a mandate to me.
It reads as mandatory to me, too. It uses the word "shall" multiple times. The only reference to "may" is to allow the judge discretion as to whether or not to allow the initial hearing to be conducted telephonically.

I haven't found anything that explains what "loophole" she found, but that is apparently what happened. She skipped the initial hearing and went directly to the hearing at which Morris (or his attorney) was a participant. I'm reviewing the text of the law now, and I can't find anything that tells me this is possible -- but the facts are that it happened.
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Old January 17, 2020, 02:48 PM   #29
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But trying to use the law for "personal retribution"..not sure that's a crime. Waste of everybody's time for sure but absent perjury, not sure that's against the law.
It is under my State's (Nevada) new Red Flag law (AB291):

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Sec.21. 1. A person shall not file a verified application for an ex parte or extended order:

(a) Which he or she knows or has reason to know is false or misleading; or

(b) With the intent to harass the adverse party.

2. A person who violates the provisions of subsection 1 is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Of course, "misdemeanor" is basically a traffic ticket...
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Old January 18, 2020, 12:25 AM   #30
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Of course, "misdemeanor" is basically a traffic ticket...
yeah, a "traffic ticket" that can make you a prohibited person, essentially for life.

Sure, some misdemeanor are no worse than traffic tickets, but other, especially thanks to Sen Lautenberg make you a prohibited person, removing you legal right to own firearms. (domestic violence misdemeanor does that its Federal law and has been for many years now)
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Old January 18, 2020, 01:08 AM   #31
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yeah, a "traffic ticket" that can make you a prohibited person, essentially for life.

Sure, some misdemeanor are no worse than traffic tickets, but other, especially thanks to Sen Lautenberg make you a prohibited person, removing you legal right to own firearms. (domestic violence misdemeanor does that its Federal law and has been for many years now)
Yes, a conviction of misdemeanor domestic violence is a 2A disqualifier, but I don't think a conviction of misdemeanor making a false statement would be, even if the case is a domestic violence ERPO case.
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Old January 18, 2020, 08:38 AM   #32
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Multiple articles (including one of those I linked to) have reported that in this case the petitioner (the grieving mother) elected to bypass the initial, same-day, ex parte hearing and to proceed directly to the full hearing at which the respondant/defendant was allowed to be represented.
Wonder if that was because she knew she was lying about the 'common child', and hoped the judge would somehow either not notice that or not care(?)..and maybe get a favorable outcome?

Makes no sense tho as the 'defendant'(LEO) would have been present and all this would have come out..

Without taking any stand, and no comment on the RFL in general, I'm glad the truth came out, and the LEO was cleared..hope the woman gets charged with perjury...
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Old January 18, 2020, 11:19 AM   #33
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Conjecture on my part:

I think her sole intent was to make life difficult for Corporal Morris. She wanted to cost him time and money. Since he would not be a party to a preliminary hearing under the red flag law, and she's probably smart enough to have known that her petition would not survive the preliminary hearing, she elected to skip it and move directly to the hearing where Morris would have to appear and be represented.

As events transpired, Morris didn't appear personally and his attorneys were provided by the State of Colorado, so it didn't cost him anything but some publicity (which was overwhelmingly positive towards him) and maybe a couple of night's sleep.
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If that can borne out in the Discovery phase of a lawsuit (where mail, email, conversations, etc, etc, come to light in evidence),
I'll wager she is liable both criminally and civilly.

Could get very interesting in setting "good faith" threshhold on this process.
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If that can borne out in the Discovery phase of a lawsuit (where mail, email, conversations, etc, etc, come to light in evidence),
I'll wager she is liable both criminally and civilly.

Could get very interesting in setting "good faith" threshhold on this process.
Never mind "good faith." The Colorado law stipulates that a petition for an ERPO is made by affidavit (which is a sworn statement) under penalty of perjury. The woman perjured herself at least twice, once by saying that she has (or had) a child in common with the LEO and again in attesting that he was an immediate threat to her.

In a video I watched on her being interviewed after the petition was denied, a reporter asked her about the perjury issue. She wasn't about to admit that she had perjured herself, so she maintained the position that she didn't think she had committed perjury but she wasn't going to say why because she wanted to preserve her strategy for when she appeals the dismissal of her petition.



Interview: https://kdvr.com/2020/01/16/womans-r...er-son-denied/

The video indicates that the state AG's office did, in fact, tell the judge that Holmes' petition was not made in good faith.
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Yes, a conviction of misdemeanor domestic violence is a 2A disqualifier, but I don't think a conviction of misdemeanor making a false statement would be, even if the case is a domestic violence ERPO case.
My intent was to show that a misdemeanor is not always "basically a traffic ticket" and not all are the same.

Apologies if that was misunderstood.
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Actually a misdemeanor is never basically a traffic ticket. A traffic ticket is a civil infraction, not a criminal offense.

The reason I picked on you was the context. The misdemeanor being discussed was the misdemeanor of filing a false petition for an ERPO, to which you responded "yeah, a 'traffic ticket' that can make you a prohibited person, essentially for life." That's incorrect (I think.) Lying on a court filing is not covered by the Lautenberg amendment.

Don't mean to pick on you, but if'n we're going to talk about laws and consequences I think we need to be as precise as possible so things don't get taken out of context down the road.
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I should have been more specific. I didn't mean THAT misdemeanor made you a prohibited person, but that A (certain) misdemeanor could, and that all misdemeanors weren't "basically a traffic ticket".

And you are right, a traffic ticket isn't even a misdemeanor, until you get too many and don't pay them... (yes, I know that will be a separate charge..)

It simply didn't occur to me that it could be understood they way you did, but now, knowing that, I can, hopefully do better.

and I don't feel picked on, either. Just woefully inadequate and misunderstood! (sarcasm intentional)

SO, what's to become of this woman and her apparent quest for vengeance??

Charges for perjury, I would hope, at the least.

I can see, if she steadfastly maintains that she was not intentionally lying and really, really, rilly does believe that her having a son who was shot and killed by someone gives them a "child in common", it could be used as a defense.

I don't think it would work, but they might try to use it. Don't think many people would accept her definition though.

If her idea holds, then I guess I have a "child in common" with my kids schoolbus driver, and everyone else they meet in their lives.

I'd like to say she's a wackjob, but until the court does, I'll hold off on that. Until then, I suppose she has the legal right to try and game the system to get what she wants, just like everyone else.
From here, it looks like she tried that, and failed.
am off to watch the playoffs...do your kids watch the playoffs? Maybe we have a "child in common" then???
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a lot of back and forth here....

has there been an official court order based on this woman's petition?

if so, has the LEO lost his right to own/carry a gun?
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has there been an official court order based on this woman's petition?

if so, has the LEO lost his right to own/carry a gun?
No and no.
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a lot of back and forth here....

has there been an official court order based on this woman's petition?

if so, has the LEO lost his right to own/carry a gun?
No, it was thrown out by the judge..the ? is whether or not she will be prosecuted for perjury.
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There is an arrest warrent for the woman that filed a "red flag" on the policeman in Colorado.


"Perjury charge filed against woman who tried to have CSU officer’s weapons confiscated – FOX31 Denver" https://kdvr.com/2020/01/30/perjury-...nfiscated/amp/
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There is an arrest warrent for the woman that filed a "red flag" on the policeman in Colorado.
It's about time.
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There is an arrest warrent for the woman that filed a "red flag" on the policeman in Colorado.


"Perjury charge filed against woman who tried to have CSU officer’s weapons confiscated – FOX31 Denver" https://kdvr.com/2020/01/30/perjury-...nfiscated/amp/
She's gone to ground tho..hope they find her..
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pre-passage, my wife and I discussed this option. Proponents of the law pitched that "the RF law hasn't been abused anywhere." I told my wife that it's inevitable and gonna happen.
I hate being right about bad choices.

edit: I think that I'm most curious to know "will perjury in RF laws get the same forceful response when the victim isn't LEO?"
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edit: I think that I'm most curious to know "will perjury in RF laws get the same forceful response when the victim isn't LEO?"
And will a non-LEO victim have two assistant attorneys general representing him or her?
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If someone pays for them.

Something to keep in mind here, the person she filed false statements against was a cop. And, I think, still is. So its not just 2nd amendment civil rights she's messing with, its his JOB she's threatening, and unions take that kind of thing fairly seriously.

Not just because he's a member and being wronged, but because EVERY member is at risk from similar BS. So, yeah they're going to support him as much as he needs.

You, or I, or anyone else without a deep pockets friend or 3rd party with a compelling interest, we're pretty much on our own.
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pre-passage, my wife and I discussed this option. Proponents of the law pitched that "the RF law hasn't been abused anywhere." I told my wife that it's inevitable and gonna happen.
I hate being right about bad choices.

edit: I think that I'm most curious to know "will perjury in RF laws get the same forceful response when the victim isn't LEO?"
Laws are abused everywhere, everyday..was this RF law 'abused'? Yes, AND it was it thrown out by the judge.
Is there a warrant out for her arrest? Yes there is..

Sounds like the 'system' worked as it should.
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Sounds like the 'system' worked as it should.
Baloney. It cost time money and effort in a feckless exercise.
Sounds like "infringed" to me and the only folks it worked for are the ones aren't the ones wanting to protect the 2nd Amendment.

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Baloney. It cost time money and effort in a feckless exercise.
I agree with davidsog. You can say the system worked "as intended" and perhaps not be too far from the truth, but "as it should" IMHO is quite a stretch. In fact, the proponents of the law are proclaiming that this case proves the law works "as it should," but that completely ignores the facts of the case, and the unconstitutional nature of the law itself.

Remember, what the law says is that the "respondent" (the person against whom the order will be issued) is NOT notified of the petition or of the initial, ex parte hearing. In my opinion, shared by some attorneys I know, that's a constitutional problem right off the bat, because a respondent's first knowledge of the action against him/her would be when the police show up with an order to seize his/her firearms. There's no due process under these "red flag" laws until after the fact of the initial seizure.

The Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution says:

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But, in the case under discussion, there was no initial, ex parte hearing. The petitioner, Mrs. Holmes, "found a loophole" that allowed her to skip over that initial hearing and move directly to the stage where/when the respondent had to ... respond. You could say, "Good -- then his guns weren't seized." But that also meant that the stage at which the judge would have seen that there was no basis for an order and tossed the case never happened. As a result, the officer was notified of a hearing and did have to appear in court (which he did through representation by two defense attorneys).

I have read the entire text of the Colorado law multiple times, and I have discussed it with an attorney who has read it multiple times. We cannot find any "loophole" in the law that in any way provides for the case to have proceeded as it did. So, if we are correct, the law (the "system") did NOT work as it should. It caused an innocent person to be served and to have to appear in court where "the system" should have made that unnecessary if it ("the system") had worked as it should.
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