Colorado Supreme Court Won't Hear Tina Peters' Case Asking for Convictions to Be Overturned

Colorado Supreme Court won't hear Tina Peters' case asking for convictions to be overturned

Democratic Gov. Jared Polis commuted the former Mesa County clerk's sentence in May. Peters walked free in June.

Colorado’s high court won’t review Tina Peters case

DENVER — The Colorado Supreme Court declined to hear the appeal of controversial elections clerk Tina Peters, ending her ability to challenge the convictions on her record. Her nine-year prison sentence was previously commuted by Colorado Governor Jared Polis on the grounds that she was a first-time offender and that her crimes, which involved falsifying someone’s identity and allowing them into restricted elections offices, were not violent in …

Colorado Supreme Court declines to hear Peters’ appeal

Former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters will remain a convicted felon. Peters was freed from prison but still sought to have her conviction overturned.

Tina Peters: Felon For Life

As the Grand Junction Sentinel reports, former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters will remain a convicted felon with all of the restrictions accompanying that status after her appeal to the Colorado Supreme Court seeking to have her conviction tossed was denied. Case closed: In a filing asking the Colorado Supreme Court to take up her […]