Jason C. Middleton
Associate

Admitted:       1993, Texas; 1995, Colorado

Law School:   University of San Diego School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1993; Member, San Diego Law Review

College:         Colorado College, B.A. in Psychology, 1990

Member:        Colorado and Texas Bar Associations; Colorado Criminal Defense Bar (Editorial Board, The Rap Sheet, 1998-2004); National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Biography:     2002-2008, Colorado State Public Defender, Deputy State Public Defender - Appellate Division (Recipient, 2007 Colorado State Public Defender “Attorney of the Year” Award); 1995-2002, Solo Practitioner, Denver and Evergreen, CO.

Author:           Cross-Examination and Impeachment Handbook, Colorado State Public Defender Annual Conference (2005); Mental Retardation and the Criminal Case, Colorado State Public Defender Annual Conference (2003); Jury Questioning in Criminal Cases, The Rap Sheet (Spring 2003);  Sentencing Issues in a Post-Apprendi World, Colorado State Public Defender Annual Conference (2002);  Apprendi Update, The Rap Sheet (Fall 2001);  Apprendi v. New Jersey: The Shape of Things to Come, The Rap Sheet, (Spring 2001).

Co-Author:      Appellate Case Summaries, Elisabeth Hunt-White and Jason Middleton, Colorado State Public Defender Conference Materials (Annually 2003-2006);  Selected Appellate Case Summaries, Elisabeth Hunt-White and Jason Middleton, The Rap Sheet, (Quarterly, 2003-2006);  Significant Legislation in the Criminal Law Field in 1999, Phil Cherner and Jason Middleton, 28 Colorado Lawyer No. 8 at 55 (August 1999); Significant Legislation in the Criminal Law Field in 1998, Phil Cherner and Jason Middleton, 27 Colorado Lawyer No. 10 at 77 (October 1998).

Reported Cases:        People v. Rice, -- P.3d --, 2008 WL 2053490 (Colo. App. May 15, 2008); People v. Garcia, 179 P.3d 250 (Colo.App. 2007);  Candelaria v. People, 148 P.3d 178 (Colo. 2006) rev’g in part, People v. Candelaria, 107 P.3d 1080 (Colo.App. 2004);  People v. Walters, 148 P.3d 331 (Colo.App. 2006);  People v. Huber, 139 P.3d 628, (Colo. 2006); People v. Cross, 127 P.3d 71 (Colo. 2006) rev’g in part, People v. Cross, 114 P.3d 1 (Colo.App. 2004);  People v. Lopez, 129 P.3d 1061 (Colo.App. 2005);  People v. Prieto, 124 P.3d 842 (Colo.App. 2005);  People v. Madden, 111 P.3d 452 (Colo. 2005) rev’g, People v. Madden, 87 P.3d 153 (Colo.App. 2003);  People v. Argomaniz-Ramirez, 102 P.3d 1015 (Colo. 2004);  People v. Vasquez, 84 P.3d 1019 (Colo. 2004);  People v. Jacobs, 91 P.3d 438 (Colo.App. 2003);  People v. Gilmore, 97 P.3d 123 (Colo.App. 2003);  People v. District Court, 933 P.2d 22 (Colo. 1997).

Born: Nevada, MO, 1968.