People’s Response to Defense Motion to Dismiss (State of Colorado v. Hector Bencomo-Hinojos)

District Attorney’s Office, Denver, CO | Nov 2014

Prosecution’s response to the defense’s motion to dismiss a Colorado sexual homicide that occurred in 1981. The prosecution’s response addresses the defense’s due process arguments of a preindictment delay of 30 years and advances in forensic techniques that occurred since the date of the incident which enabled investigators to leverage forensic DNA analysis and the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS).