Supreme Court of Colorado, 2019

The court held that when combined parental income exceeds the highest amount in Colorado's child-support schedule, the highest scheduled award is the minimum presumptive obligation, not a fixed ceiling.

The court held that Colorado’s cumulative-error standard is the one established in Oaks and that the court of appeals erred by supplementing it with a federal multi-factor test. Applying the proper standard, the court concluded that eight trial errors cumulatively deprived Howard-Walker of a fair trial and reversed…

The court held that a habeas petitioner's failure to attach every relevant warrant of commitment is a procedural deficiency, not a jurisdictional defect. Because the petition identified the earlier convictions and included the warrant for the latest conviction, it invoked the district court's jurisdiction, so…

The court held that an unpreserved claim of insufficient evidence is reviewed de novo, not for plain error, and that the challenged sexual-contact statute applies to people who are or hold themselves out to be health treatment providers.

The court held that a defendant need not renew at trial a pretrial objection to joinder to preserve the issue for appellate review, because the current criminal rules eliminated the historical renewal requirement.