The trial for Barrymore few is set
to start at the end of the month.
He's accused of murdering his
missing wife, but prosecutors say
they may not even have a case and
that is why they are asking a
judge to reconsider his ruling.
It bans key witnesses from testifying.
9 news reporter Mark Salinger
explains why those witnesses
are needed to play a big role
in an 18 page document filed by
District Attorney Linda Stanley.
Prosecutors charging Barry Moore few with
murder right that the judge's decision
to exclude 12 of the prosecution's.
14 expert witnesses is a sanction
quote tantamount to dismissal.
Stanley asked the judge to reconsider
his decision writing quote.
These experts and their testimony
are critical to the people's case.
The witnesses excluded by the court from
the trial include experts on telematics
cell phone tracking DNA and data analysis.
Without these experts,
prosecutors say they are
missing critical testimony,
vital to establishing their case
less than three weeks before the trial.
Set to start.
They're asking the judge to reconsider
if the ruling to explode
the witnesses stands.
It's not the same thing as a dismissal,
but it certainly cripples the
prosecution's case substantially.
9 news legal expert Scott Robinson says
sanctions of this magnitude are rare.
The judge ruled that repeated
violations of court orders and missed
deadlines by prosecutors meant that
several key witnesses will not be
allowed to testify at the trial.
Substantially impaired if they're
not able to call these witnesses.
But remember that that was the judge's order
that they had violated discovery rules,
and as a consequence they would be
barred from calling these witnesses.
Last Friday, Judge Ramsey Lama declined
to dismiss the case against Morphew,
but issued strict sanctions.
The judge wrote. Prosecutors actions
amount to negligent and arguably
reckless disregard of the rule.
It's clear from the tenor of the
motions that the prosecution
is panicking that they don't
think they can get a judgment
of conviction of any sort.
If these witnesses are
not permitted to testify.
And once the jury is seated,
the double jeopardy rule goes into effect.
That means if the trial moves
forward and more few is acquitted,
he wouldn't be able to be charged
and tried again for the same crime.
If the charges are dropped
before a jury is seated,
prosecutors could bring new charges.
If new evidence is found,
well, Denver police are trying to find a
driver that was involved in a shooting
and a crash that killed three people.
Two of those victims were
13 and 14 year old boys.
The other, a husband and a father.
It happened Friday night.
Peoria, just South of I-70.
Denver police say 2 dark colored
sedans were driving next to each other.
Police say the 13 and 14 year
olds were killed when someone
in the first car shot them.
They were in the second car.
The teens were the only ones
in the car and police do not
know which one was driving.
Their car then crashed into a pickup truck,
killing Uriel Reyes Medina.
The other sedan took off.
If you do have any information
you're asked to call Crime Stoppers,
the police officers and paramedics.
Charged in Elijah Mclean's death
will be in court on Friday.
Nathan Woodyard and Randy Rodina
are still Aurora police officers.
Jason Rosenblatt was fired after
replying haha to pictures of other
officers mocking Mclean's death.
They're all due in court for
status hearings facing charges from
reckless manslaughter to criminally
negligent homicide to Aurora fire.
Paramedics are also due in court for a
status hearing and formal filing of charges.
McLean died in August 2019 after officers
put him in a carotid hold and paramedics.
Injected him with ketamine.
He was never accused of any crime.
Well, if you visit the Colorado high country,
you may have to pay a little extra tax if
you stay in a hotel or a short term rental,
that money will go toward people helping
helping people who live in mountain towns
and help them find more affordable housing.
This is all. If voters sign off on it,
Park County Commissioner ****
Elsner says that the short term
rentals have pretty much destroyed
the housing market in his county.
He supports a new state.
Law that allows a 2% tax on lodging.
It's to be used for purposes other
than tourism marketing before
it had to go toward tourism.
We really didn't feel a need to
to spend that money to promote
terrorism because we have about
everything we can do right now
with the people that come through.
So under the new rule,
up to 90% of any lodging tax collected
could go to things that improve the
quality of life for workers and
visitors and counties that already
have this tax would ask voters if they
can use it for these new purposes.
Well, the United Nations Security
Council says about 90% of
refugees fleeing from Ukraine.
Now are women and children.
There are fears that they will become
possible targets of Russian attacks.
Yeah, the devastation in
Ukraine is expected to worsen
as the war enters a new phase.
NBC's Brian Jackson explains.
Russia ramping up a new
offensive in eastern Ukraine.
An already devastating situation
expected to get worse now
that a general nicknamed the
Butcher of Syria is in charge.
This has already been a brutal
campaign in Ukraine, and we can
expect to see more of it.
There are fears of new attacks like
the one at this Ukrainian train
station that targeted civilians,
including children trying to flee the region.
Over 90% of the four million
that have already left the
country are women and children,
and out of the 7,000,000.
That are displaced in Ukraine.
The vast majority are also women
and children of women and girls.
The UN is investigating reports
of violence against women.
Women in Ukraine are at increased risk
for gender based violence, including rape,
sexual assault and sexual exploitation.
With the modular president Zolinsky
making urgent pleas for more
firepower from the West, warning of a
dangerous new chapter of war during a
virtual meeting with President Biden.
India's Prime Minister condemned
the killing of innocent civilians.
The administration urged India not to
increase its reliance on Russian gas and oil.
They should use that leverage constructively
to help bring this conflict to an end.
It is undeniable that India has
a relationship with Russia that
we don't have hope for diplomacy.
Still on the table,
as talks between Russia and Ukraine continue.
Today President Biden will announce
new efforts to address high gas prices,
which the
administration blames on Putin's war
in Washington. I'm Brie
Jackson for NBC News. And
one thing you wanna know about
the weather with all those cool
and unsettled weather we have.
What about your weekend?
I think it looks pretty good.
68 degrees on Saturday,
Fair and Mild 67 on Sunday late in the day.
A little system comes on through.
Maybe an isolated shower and
then a bit cooler Monday.