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Colorado Contraband Rule Requires Visitor Notice
Loaded on Feb. 15, 1999
published in Prison Legal News
February, 1999, page 23
The Colorado supreme court held that a state statute criminalizing the introduction of contraband into county jails was constitutional but affirmed dismissal of criminal charges because the jail failed to comply with the statute's notice requirements.
Filed under:
Notice of Rules,
Criminal Prosecution,
Smoking,
Attorney Client,
Visiting,
Attorney Visits.
Location:
Colorado.
Thomas Holmes, an attorney, was charged with giving a prisoner-client cigarettes and matches during ...
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