Sunday, September 25, 2022

Colorado: 12th Judicial District Attorney (Alamosa/San Luis County) disbarred -- resigned after recall made the ballot

A new development against Alamosa/12th Judicial District Attorney Alonzo Payne, who has now been disbarred by Colorado's Supreme Court. Payne resigned after the recall against him got to the ballot. Petitioners handed in 5974 signatures, with 4757 being declared valid. They needed 3996. The resignation was after a monitor was appointed by the state Attorney General.

The recall effort was over complaints of being soft on crime (not pursuing charges on large drug busts and not following up with crime victims on plea deals, as required by law), so it seemed a bit along the lines of the Boudin/Gascon recall efforts in California. However, the disbarment suggests that he failed to act for months on warrants for serious crimes and domestic violence; that his employees ignored, belittled and shouted at crime victims; and that Payne made false and "disingenuous" court statements. The petitions were taken out by Alamosa Mayor Ty Coleman.

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