Good to Know [Corrected 08/14/02]

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JUSTICE

There are three levels of court in El Paso Count: municipal, county and district.

Municipal Court

Municipal court hears cases involving city or town ordinance violations. For more information about Colorado Springs municipal court, please see the Colorado Springs city listings.

County Court

El Paso County Court handles criminal cases, traffic violations and civil actions not involving more than $10,000.

El Paso County Court judges:

Division A: Stephen J. Sletta, 448-7600

Division B: Geoffrey H. deWolfe, 448-7604

Division C: Caroline M. Benham, 448-7608

Division D: Karla Hansen, 448-7612

Division E: Larry Martin, 448-7612

Division F: James S. Patterson, 448-7620

Division G: Barney Iuppa, 448-7624

Division H: Sylvia Manzanares, 448-7628

Teller County Court judge: Jackson Peters, 689-2574

Small Claims Court, Division S: Small claims court involves temporary restraining orders, money disputes under $5,000, property damage cases, and covenant, contract and landlord-tenant disputes.

The defendant must be a resident of El Paso County, or have an office for the transaction of business within the county.

Neither plaintiff nor defendant may be represented by an attorney in this court.

District Court

4th Judicial District Court, 448-7500. Includes El Paso and Teller counties, handles criminal, divorce cases, civil claims and cases on junvenile matters, estates and mental health.

Judges

Division 1: Thomas Kennedy, 448-7502

Division 2: Richard Hall, 448-7504

Division 3: Thomas Kane, 448-7508

Division 4: D. Richard Toth, 448-7512

Division 5: Larry Schwartz, 448-7632

Division 6: Steven Pelican, 448-7520

Division 7: David Gilbert, 448-7524

Division 8: Theresa Cisneros, 448-7528

Division 9: Douglas Anderson, 448-7532

Division 10: Gilbert Martinez, Chief Judge, 448-7536

Division 11: Edward Colt, 689-2543

Division 12: Peter Booth, 448-7545

Division 13: Timothy Simmons, 227-5129

Division 14: Kirk Samelson, 227-5193

Division 15: Rebecca Bromley, 448-7540

Magistrates:

Civil, Restraining orders, District M: Ann Rotolo, 448-7687

Civil, Restraining orders, District N: Denise Peacock, 448-7517

Criminal and Traffic, District O: Jeffrey Saufley, 448-7615

Juvenile, Division Q: Evelyn Sullivan, 448-7567

Domestic, Division R: Barbara Hughes, 448-7652

Small Claims, Division S: Daniel Winograd, 329-7079

Domestic, Division V: Robert Erler, 448-7548

Estates and Probate Administration, Division W: M. Flynn Feeney, 448-7552

Domestic, Division X: Jann DuBois, 448-7556

Juvenile, Criminal, Division Y: Scott Sells, 448-7561

Juvenile, Division Z: Regina Walter, 448-7564

El Paso County Combined Court Clerk's Office: 20 E. Vermijo, Room 105.

District Attorney, Jeanne Smith, 105 E. Vermijo Ave., 520-6000.

State

Colorado Court of Appeals

2 E. 14th Ave., Denver 80203, (303) 837-3785

The court of appeals usually is the first court to hear appeals of decisions made by district courts. Determination of an appeal is final unless the Colorado Supreme Court agrees to review the matter.

Colorado Supreme Court

2 E. 14th Ave., Denver 80203, (303) 861-1111

The seven state Supreme Court judges are appointed by the governor. The Colorado Supreme Court is the final court in the Colorado court system.

Jury Duty

County and District courts, information, 448-7788

El Paso County residents ages 18 and older who are physically and mentally fit are eligible for jury duty for County and District courts. Jurors must be able to read, speak and understand English.

Voter registration and drivers license records are used to select jurors at random. The District Court will appoint 12 jurors to sit on the bench for felony trials; six jurors for civil matters in District Court; and three to six jurors for County Court trials.

Grand Jury

The Grand Jury investigates such major criminal cases as homicides, corruption in public office and drug cases. It decides what charges, if any, should be filed. The Grand Jury is chosen from a list of 75 El Paso County residents selected at random and summoned for duty.

Print

Academy Spirit, weekly, U.S. Air Force Academy and cadet news, 333- 7682

African American Voice, monthly, 528-1954

Black Forest News, weekly, 495-8750

Business Informant, business news, 575-0096

Catholic Herald, monthly, 685-5202

The Chamber Newsletter, bi-monthly, 635-1551

Cheyenne Edition, southwest Colorado Springs news, 578-5112

Colorado Springs Business Journal, weekly, 634-5905

Colorado Springs Independent, alternative newsweekly, 577-4545

El Paso County/Fountain Valley News, weekly, 382-5611

The Gazette, daily newspaper, 632-5511

Hispania News Weekly, bilingual weekly, 540-0220

Home Magazine, quarterly home and lifestyle news, 636-0131

Life After Fifty, senior newspaper, 685-9690

Mountain Jackpot, weekly, Woodland Park, Cripple Creek and Teller community news, 687-0803

The Mountaineer, weekly, Fort Carson community newspaper, 687- 3006

Noize, quarterly, alternative arts, 476-1653

Pikes Peak Parent Magazine, monthly, 636-0312

Ranchland News, weekly, eastern El Paso County news, 541-2288

The Senior Times, monthly, 531-0088

The Slice, weeklies covering: Powers Blvd. corridor; Woodmen and Rockrimmon; Monument, Woodmoor and northern Colorado Springs. 636- 0246