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Robert W. Feldman v. Colorado
IFP petition · Court of Appeals of Colorado, No. 2022CA0792 · judgment November 7, 2024
Question presented
In a matter of first impression whether the district attorney may charge a person for causing a death that the coroner declines to find was a homicide, after a forensic pathologist and chief medical examiner concur that there was no foul play and issue a death certificate? Whether this is in error of the sub-delegation doctrine violating Colo. Const, art. VI §13, Colo. Const, art. XIV, §8 C.R.S 30-10'606, usurping the Coroners authority?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Robert W. Feldman
For respondent
Jillian Joy Price
Colorado Attorney General's Office
Case
Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Linked docket
25A496
Order
Order list, March 2, 2026 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Mar 02 2026Petition DENIED.
- Feb 12 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/27/2026.
- Feb 10 2026Waiver of right of respondent Colorado to respond filed.
- Nov 07 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 9, 2026)
- Oct 31 2025Application (25A496) granted by Justice Gorsuch extending the time to file until January 1, 2026.
- Oct 13 2025Application (25A496) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 2, 2025 to January 1, 2026, submitted to Justice Gorsuch.