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Paul Grant |
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6053 S. Quebec Street, Suite 101, Centennial, Colorado 80111
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Achievements
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- Paul Grant handles trials and appeals in Colorado and, occasionally, in other jurisdictions. Among his most notable cases are:
- Colorado v. Laura Kriho, where Mr. Grant defended juror Laura Kriho in a criminal contempt trial and appeal. Ms. Kriho was charged with contempt of court for her service as a juror in a Colorado drug possession case. Ms. Kriho, the lone holdout against conviction on one of the charges, was accused of making jury nullification arguments in the jury room, and of not revealing during voir dire what her true feelings were about the drug laws. She was convicted of contempt for "failure to reveal what she knew the judge and attorneys would have wanted to know (but didn't ask)." Ms. Kriho's case received national and international media coverage. Her conviction was overturned on appeal by the Colorado Court of Appeals. That Court determined she had been convicted based on evidence of the jury's secret deliberations, and that such evidence could not be used against her. That Court and the Colorado Supreme Court declined to address the important juror right's issues raised by Ms. Kriho and Mr. Grant.
- Mr. Grant has also been involved in two successful Supreme Court cases: Meyer v. Grant, (1988), and Buckley v. American Constitutional Law Foundation (1999), both First Amendment cases challenging Colorado's regulations on initiative and referendum processes. Mr. Grant was the successful plaintiff in Meyer, and co-counsel in Buckley.
- In Meyer, the Supreme Court for the first time held that petition circulation activity involved core political speech and was entitled to the highest First Amendment protections.
- In Buckley, the Supreme Court found various Colorado laws to be unconstitutional.
- Mr. Grant handles trials and appeals, criminal and civil, and has had success in many courts. He counts among his favorite achievements any curtailment of arbitrary power and any enhancement of individual liberty. He also enjoys preserving his deserving clients' assets in civil suits.
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