The criminal cases against the former Aurora police officers & paramedics indicted in Elijah McClain’s death will move forward after an Adams County judge found the evidence against them strong enough.
Lawyers for the 5 men asked Adams County District Court Judge Priscilla Loew to review the cases & argued that there was not enough evidence to support the charges against their clients.
A grand jury in August indicted the 5 men — Peter Cichuniec, Jeremy Cooper, Nathan Woodyard, Randy Roedema & Jason Rosenblatt — on a combined 32 counts in connection with McClain’s 2019 death while in their custody, including manslaughter & criminally negligent homicide.
Loew reviewed thousands of pages of testimony & evidence & on Monday found that there was enough evidence for the cases to proceed.
Probable cause is a legal standard that states there must be sufficient evidence to create a reasonable belief that the defendant committed the crime charged. That is a lower standard than the “beyond a reasonable doubt” standard needed to convict someone at trial.
All five men are scheduled to appear in court for arraignment Aug. 12.
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Source : The Denver Post
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