Whenever I am faced with the decisions on my ballot about the retention of judges, I used to just stare blankly and try to remember if I had read anything in the newspapers or seen some news report on television about any of the judges I needed to vote on. Was there some big trial? Do I even recognize any name? Who are these people? Are they doing their job? And I always felt like I should just maybe vote to retain them because I never wanted someone just kicked off the bench due to my vote that was based on no real knowledge.If you are registered to vote, you received the “blue book” in the mail recently and if you go to page J-1, you can read in great detail about each of the judges that you must decide to retain or not retain. And you can feel good about yourself that your decision is based on knowledge and not just a big guess.
For those of you who might want a quick summary, I have taken the percentages from lawyers and non lawyers surveyed about each of the judges. These percentages represent the amount of lawyers and non lawyers who believe the judge should be retained or for Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, it is lawyers and judges who were surveyed. . But I still recommend you take a few minutes and read the blue book and really get to know your judges. You might be in one of their courtrooms someday.
You can also go to www.coloradojudicialperformance.com or call 303-866-6465.
Red denotes percentage of lawyers who think Judge should be retained.
Black denotes percentage of non lawyers who think Judge should be retained. 17th JUDICIAL DISTRICT ADAMS AND BROOMFIELD COUNTIES
District Judge Honorable C. Scott Crabtree 87% 98%
District Judge Honorable Katherine R. Delgado 89% 98%
District Judge Honorable Thomas R. Ensor 75% 96%
District Judge Honorable Frederick M. Goodbee 94% 68%
District Judge Honorable Patrick T. Murphy 71% 96%
District Judge Honorable C. Vincent Phelps, Jr. 94% 98%
District Judge Honorable Jill-Ellyn Straus 97% 72%
Adams County Judge Honorable Michael A. Cox 94% 96%
Adams County Judge Honorable Robert S. Doyle 73% 97%
Adams County Judge Honorable Byron L. Howell 71% 95%
Adams County Judge Honorable Sabino E. Romano 99% 69%
Adams County Judge Honorable Dianna L. Roybal 53% 97%
Red denotes percentage of lawyers who think Judge should be retained.
Black denotes percentage of judges who think Judge should be retained.COURT OF APPEALS
Honorable John Daniel Dailey 92% 100%
Honorable Richard L. Gabriel 89% 96%
Honorable Nancy J. Lichtenstein 91% 94%
Honorable David J. Richman 81% 98%
COLORADO SUPREME COURT
Honorable Michael l. Bender 82% 87%
Honorable Alex J. Martinez 81% 88%
Honorable Nancy E. Rice 82% 94%
