After about 13 hours of deliberations, jurors discovered 30-year-old Dylan Miller responsible of violating the civil rights of a teenage woman who accused him of sexually assaulting her whereas on obligation in August of 2023.
Decide Nina Wang shared the decision in U.S. District Courtroom in Denver about 4 p.m. Tuesday. The jury deliberated all day on Monday, starting at 11 a.m., and for about six and a half hours on Tuesday earlier than discovering Miller responsible of deprivation of civil rights, a category 4 felony, in response to the indictment.
The teenager, who used the pseudonym Olivia in the course of the trial to guard her identification, stated Miller approached her and a good friend in North Lake Park shortly after midnight and that he requested her good friend to go away, in response to the arrest affidavit from a Larimer County case. Miller then led Olivia to a secluded space of the park the place he made her carry out oral intercourse on him, the affidavit states.
In a brief recess following the decision, Miller shared an emotional embrace with family and friends within the courtroom. He will probably be taken into federal custody till his sentencing listening to, which was not set in courtroom Tuesday to provide attorneys time to debate scheduling with their shoppers. The 30-year-old faces as much as a life sentence in jail.
Protection lawyer Reid Elkus stated his crew plans on submitting a movement for acquittal, which he has 14 days to do, however indicated he can be requesting a 30-day extension to file.
Miller can also be going through state fees in eighth Judicial District Courtroom in Fort Collins of first-degree kidnapping, a category 2 felony; sexual assault of a kid from a place of belief, a category 4 felony; illegal sexual conduct by a peace officer, a category 3 felony; sexual assault of an individual with a 10-year-age distinction, a category 6 felony; official oppression, a category 1 misdemeanor; and first-degree official misconduct, a category 1 misdemeanor for the incident, in response to courtroom data. He has not entered a plea on this case and is presumed harmless till confirmed responsible, whatever the responsible verdict in his federal case.
Miller is ready to look in courtroom in Fort Collins on Dec. 8 at 11 a.m.