No. 25-6755
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-law coroner-authority death-investigation district-attorney prosecutorial-discretion sub-delegation
Key Terms:
DueProcess
DueProcess
Latest Conference:
2026-02-27
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a district attorney may charge a person for causing a death that the coroner declines to find was a homicide, and whether this violates the sub-delegation doctrine
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
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? 2
Docket Entries
2026-02-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/27/2026.
2026-02-10
Waiver of right of respondent Colorado to respond filed.
2025-11-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 9, 2026)
2025-10-31
Application (25A496) granted by Justice Gorsuch extending the time to file until January 1, 2026.
2025-10-13
Application (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.
Attorneys
Colorado
Jillian Joy Price — Colorado Attorney General's Office, Respondent
Jillian Joy Price — Colorado Attorney General's Office, Respondent