Municipal courts can’t issue harsher punishment than state court for same offenses, Colorado Supreme Court rules
- Posted on December 22, 2025
- By The Denver Post
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Municipal courts can’t issue harsher punishment than state court for same offenses, Colorado Supreme Court rules
The justices ruled that when a municipal ordinance and a state statute prohibit identical conduct, the municipal penalties for such conduct “may not exceed the corresponding state penalties f…
