Appeals court reverses former paramedics' convictions in McClain death
The Colorado Court of Appeals reversed the criminally negligent homicide convictions for the former paramedics in the death of Elijah McClain.
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The Colorado Court of Appeals reversed the criminally negligent homicide convictions for the former paramedics in the death of Elijah McClain.
Peter Cichuniec -- one of the paramedics involved in the death of Elijah McClain in Colorado in 2019 -- was convicted and sentenced to five years in prison earlier this year but had his sentence reduced to probation on Friday.
The prison sentence for one of the former paramedics convicted in the death of Elijah McClain has been vacated by a Colorado judge.
Peter Cichuniec, one of the two former paramedics who were found guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the death of Elijah McClain, was sentenced to five years in prison on Friday.
Upon his acquittal in November, former officer Nathan Woodyard returned to the department, and the city was required to pay him over $200,000 in backpay while not on the force during the trial. He resigned late last week.
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Former Aurora Police Officer Randy Roedema has been sentenced to 14 months in Adams County Jail, along with four years probation after being convicted for the death of Elijah McClain back in 2019.
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A Colorado jury on Friday found two paramedics guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the death of Elijah McClain near his home in Aurora.
Jeremy Cooper and Peter Cichuniec have been charged with reckless manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide and assault.
Jurors will soon decide if two Aurora Fire Rescue paramedics are responsible for the death of Elijah McClain. Defense attorneys for Jeremy Cooper and Peter Cichuniec rested their case Tuesday afternoon.
The forensic pathologist at the heart of the Elijah McClain autopsies took the witness stand in the trial of two paramedics charged in McClain's 2019 death. Several other witnesses involved in the case also testified Tuesday.
Aurora police officer Nathan Woodyard was found not guilty of manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide in the death of Elijah McClain.
An Aurora Police officer on trial for the death of Elijah McClain took the stand on Wednesday. Suspended Officer Nathan Woodyard is charged with reckless manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide.
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On Friday, all five defendants, including three former Aurora police officers and two former Aurora paramedics, entered not guilty pleas in an Adams County Court.
"I believe that Mr. McClain would most likely be alive but for the administration of ketamine," said Dr. Stephen Cina, who performed the autopsy.
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