2023 in Colorado
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The following is a list of events of the year 2023 in Colorado.
Incumbents
[edit]- Governor: Jared Polis (D)
Events
[edit]- April 11 — Tina Peters is sentenced to four months of house arrest and 120 hours of community service after being found guilty of a misdemeanor. Peters, a supporter of the Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign, was found guilty of misdemeanor obstruction during legal proceedings over her efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results.[1]
- April 23 — Governor Jared Polis signs multiple bills strengthening the state's gun laws.[2]
- May 23 — The parents of Christian Glass reach a settlement with state and local agencies to receive $19 million in response to their son's killing by a sheriff's deputy a year earlier. In 2022, Glass, a 22-year-old man, was killed after he called 911 over a mental health crisis in Silver Plume and had held a knife as a sheriff's deputy responded to the call and shot Glass fatally.[3]
- June 7 — 2023 Denver mayoral election: Mike Johnston declares victory as the new mayor of Denver in an election against opponent Kelly Brough.[4]
- June 26 — Anderson Lee Alrich, the perpetrator of the 2022 shooting at Club Q, an LGBTQ club, pleads guilty to murdering five people.[5]
- June 30 — The U.S. Supreme Court rules 6-3 that a web designer in Colorado had a First Amendment right to refuse services to a same-sex couple who wanted her to make them a website.[6]
- July 30 — Jordan Steinke, a police officer from Fort Lupton, is convicted of two misdemeanors related to a 2022 incident in which he parked his police car containing a handcuffed woman on a set of train tracks, causing a train to hit the car and severely injuring the woman.[7]
- October 12 — Randy Roedema, a police officer, is convicted of criminally negligent homicide and assault in relation to the 2019 killing of Elijah McClain, an unarmed Black man in Aurora who was administered a fatal amount of ketamine by paramedics while in police custody.[8]
- November 7 — Coloradans vote no on Proposition HH, which would make changes to state finances, and vote yes on Proposition II, which would fund preschool programs using excess revenue from taxes on tobacco products.[9]
- November 17 — An ex-sheriff's deputy pleads guilty to failing to intervene to stop the death of Christian Glass.[10]
- December 22 — Paramedics Peter Cichuniec and Jeremy Cooper are found guilty of criminally negligent homicide over their involvement in the death of Elijah McClain.[11]
- December 23 — The Colorado Supreme Court rules that Trump is ineligible to appear on the ballot for the 2024 U.S. presidential election for incitement of insurrection, referring to the January 6, 2021 Capitol attack.[12]
- December 27 — The Colorado Republican Party sends a petition to the U.S. Supreme Court asking them to review the ruling from the Colorado Supreme Court.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ Vigdor, Neil (April 11, 2023). "Tina Peters, Trump Loyalist and Former Clerk, Is Sentenced in Obstruction Case". The New York Times. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
- ^ Hassan, Adeel (April 28, 2023). "Colorado Governor Signs Bills Strengthening Gun Laws". The New York Times. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
- ^ Taylor, Derrick Bryson (May 23, 2023). "$19 Million Settlement Is Reached in Fatal Police Shooting of Colorado Man". The New York Times. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
- ^ Fortin, Jacey (June 7, 2023). "Mike Johnston Declares Victory in Denver's Mayoral Election". The New York Times. Retrieved November 4, 2023.
- ^ "Club Q Shooter Pleads Guilty in Court". The New York Times. June 26, 2023. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
- ^ Graham, Ruth (June 30, 2023). "The Court Delivers Another Reassuring Decision for Religious Conservatives". The New York Times. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
- ^ Holpuch, Amanda (July 30, 2023). "Officer Convicted After Train Hits Patrol Car With Handcuffed Woman Inside". The New York Times. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
- ^ "One Officer Convicted and Another Acquitted in Elijah McClain Death". The New York Times. October 12, 2023. Retrieved November 4, 2023.
- ^ "Colorado Election Results". The New York Times. 2023-11-07. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
- ^ Jimenez, Jesus (November 17, 2023). "Ex-Sheriff's Deputy Pleads Guilty to Failing to Intervene in Fatal Shooting". The New York Times. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
- ^ "Paramedics Found Guilty in Last Trial in Elijah McClain Death". The New York Times. December 22, 2023. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
- ^ Astor, Maggie (December 19, 2023). "Trump Is Disqualified From 2024 Ballot, Colorado Court Says in Explosive Ruling". The New York Times. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
- ^ Liptak, Adam (December 27, 2023). "Colorado Republican Party Says It Asked Supreme Court to Keep Trump on Ballot". The New York Times. Retrieved November 4, 2024.