Northern Colorado punter found guilty of assault
The former Northern Colorado backup punter who was accused of stabbing the starter in order to get the starting gig was found guilty of assault. It could've been worse for Mitch Cozad, who did escape charges of attempted murder.
Cozad faces up 16 years in prison for stabbing Rafel Mendoza in the leg in a dark parking lot. The attempted first-degree murder charge Cozad escaped carried a sentence of up to 48 years.
Here is the AP article on the case, which could've gone differently if Colorado admitted certain pieces of evidence.
Cozad faces up 16 years in prison for stabbing Rafel Mendoza in the leg in a dark parking lot. The attempted first-degree murder charge Cozad escaped carried a sentence of up to 48 years.
Here is the AP article on the case, which could've gone differently if Colorado admitted certain pieces of evidence.
Cozad shook his head as the verdict was read. His fiancee, Michelle Weydert, broke into uncontrollable sobbing as the cuffs clicked shut around his wrists.Cozad's mother, Suzanne Cozad, shouted at prosecutors, "You all know he passed the polygraph, you all know it."
[Attorney Joseph Gavaldon] told reporters Cozad had taken a polygraph test and had passed, but he said polygraph results are inadmissible in Colorado courts.
Either Cozad is innocent or he has the lying capacity of George Costanza. I hope he's got Costanza's superpower because an innocent engaged college kid with the whole world in front of him going to jail is not cool.
