Gansz v. People

After charging Bradley Herron with assaulting Sarah Jane Gansz (plaintiff), the district attorney moved to dismiss the charge pretrial based on doubts about Gansz's credibility as a witness; the trial judge initially dismissed without a hearing, then held a hearing after Gansz objected, found she lacked standing, and dismissed the charge again. Gansz's appeal was rejected by the court of appeals on the same standing grounds, and she appealed to the Colorado Supreme Court, arguing the state constitution granted her standing as a crime victim to challenge the dismissal.