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Homicide convictions reversed for paramedics involved in 2019 death of Elijah McClain
https://abcnews.com/US/homicide-convictions-reversed-paramedics-involved-2019-death-elijah/storyThe Colorado Court of Appeals reversed the convictions of two former Aurora paramedics, who were convicted in December 2023 of criminally negligent homicide in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old unarmed Black man who was walking home from a convenience store.
In reversing the convictions, the judge ruled on Thursday that the cases of former paramedics Peter Cichuniec and Jeremy Cooper should be sent back to the district court for a possible retrial.
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Cichuniec and Cooper were found guilty of criminally negligent homicide on Dec. 23, 2023. Cichuniec was also convicted of assault in the second-degree via the unlawful administration of drugs. Cooper was acquitted of the assault charge in 2023, and they both pleaded not guilty at trial. The appeals court ruling upheld Cichuniec's assault conviction, but reversed the negligent homicide conviction.
Cooper was sentenced in 2024 to a four-year probationary sentence for negligent homicide. Meanwhile, Cichuniec was sentenced to five years in prison with a three-year period of parole for the assault charge and one year to be served concurrently on the negligent homicide charge.
In reversing the convictions, the judge ruled on Thursday that the cases of former paramedics Peter Cichuniec and Jeremy Cooper should be sent back to the district court for a possible retrial.
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Cichuniec and Cooper were found guilty of criminally negligent homicide on Dec. 23, 2023. Cichuniec was also convicted of assault in the second-degree via the unlawful administration of drugs. Cooper was acquitted of the assault charge in 2023, and they both pleaded not guilty at trial. The appeals court ruling upheld Cichuniec's assault conviction, but reversed the negligent homicide conviction.
Cooper was sentenced in 2024 to a four-year probationary sentence for negligent homicide. Meanwhile, Cichuniec was sentenced to five years in prison with a three-year period of parole for the assault charge and one year to be served concurrently on the negligent homicide charge.
Meanwhile, one of the cops who moved Elijah around as he was dying was found guilty of criminally negligent homicide and assault in the third and sentenced to more than one year in the county jail earlier this year. Two other officers, including the one who put Elijah in a chokehold, were found not guilty on charges of reckless manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide and assault in the second degree.