"COLORADO FUNERAL HOME OPERATOR SENTENCED"
January 4, 2023
"[Defendant's] attorney, Ashley Petrey, said [Defendant] was motivated by a desire to further medical research. 'Though she lost her way, her motives were always pure and good.' Petrey also contended [Defendant's] actions could be explained by a traumatic brain injury suffered when [Defendant was] a teenager.
'[Defendant] did not kill anybody. [Defendant] did not take anybody's life,' Petrey said."
(Defendant's sentence was reversed by the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in July of 2024, Defendant is currently awaiting resentencing.)
"GARFIELD COUNTY JUDGE ALLOWED BIASED JUROR TO SERVE," DEFENDANT'S CONVICTION REVERSED BY APPELLATE COURT
February 18, 2022
"[Defendant]'s attorney [Ashley Marie Petrey] sought to dismiss [the juror] based on her answers, but [Judge] Lynch denied the challenge.
'She didn’t say the magic words yet,' Lynch said during her ruling.
Both the U.S. and Colorado constitutions guarantee a criminal defendant the right to a fair trial, a key component of which is an impartial jury that will decide the case on the evidence presented.
[..]
A three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals [...] reversed [Defendant's] conviction and ordered a new trial."
(Attorney Petrey acquitted Defendant after his second trial in February 2022.)
"FISH AND WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST GETS PROBATION, FINE IN PELT-SALE SCHEME"
November 6, 2019
"U.S. Fish & Wildlife biologist [...] was sentenced Tuesday to three years probation and $55,100 in restitution and fines.
During sentencing before U.S. District Judge Marcia Krieger in a Grand Junction federal courtroom, [the Defendant] and his attorney, Ashley Petrey, asked for leniency in the case, saying 'he's paid the ultimate price' when he lost his job, likely won't ever be able to work in his chosen field again, lost his ability to hunt and his right to own firearms. '[Prison] here is not the appropriate remedy,' Petrey told Krieger. 'Mr. [Defendant] has learned his lesson, and he sits before you full of remorse. He sits before you a broken man.'"
"PUBLIC NURSING UNDER COVER"
November 23, 2018
"Colorado Revised Statute 25-6-302 is only one sentence long: "A mother may breast-feed in any place she has a right to be."
Grand Junction attorney Ashley Petrey said while she's never dealt with a case involving breast-feeding, Colorado's law is clear.
'There's no room for interpretation and no room for argument in that statute,' Petrey said. 'It's meant to be so crystal clear that it can't be challenged by anyone at any time. It leaves no door open, which is so rare in statute.'"
"BIZ BUZZ"
September 6, 2018
"Ashley Petrey is one of Mesa County's newest criminal defense attorneys, recently focusing her practice to the Grand Valley and the surrounding area.
Petrey focuses on federal and state criminal defense and has approximately nine years of experience. She'll take cases ranging from traffic cases to first-degree murder. She previously worked as a public defender in Miami-Dade County in Florida.
She said she has been involved with 26 jury trials in four jurisdictions, including multiple murder cases. She's had several good mentors along the way and said everyone in the Grand Valley legal community has been welcoming.
'I'm excited to be in Mesa County,' she said."
"[DEFENDANT] FOUND NOT GUILTY ON 11 COUNTS IN SILVERTHORNE SEXUAL ASSAULT TRIAL; MISTRIAL DECLARED FOR OTHER COUNTS"
July 25, 2018
"'Mr. [Defendant] is very pleased that the jury was able to reach the not guilty verdict in the 11 counts they were able to reach, and he thanks them for their service in this matter,' said Ashley Petrey, the head of [Defendant's] defense team."
"JURY BEGINS DELIBERATION IN SILVERTHORNE SEXUAL ASSAULT TRIAL"
July 23, 2018
"In Petrey's closing statements for the defense, she called Hunt's assertion that no woman would consent to such acts as 'antiquated and sexist,' providing the jury with sex-positive examples in pop culture over recent years, such as '50 Shades of Grey,' to imply a social shift in hegemony in the way modern Americans view sex. 'Don't let the government convince you this is beyond expectation,' said Petrey. 'Consensual group sex is not outside the realm of possibilities. It's happening every day.'"
"[DEFENDANT] FACES HIS ACCUSER, LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS, IN SECOND DAY OF TESTIMONY"
July 18, 2018
"During cross-examination by defender Ashley Petrey, the witness recanted parts of her story [...] Petrey pressed the [alleged victim] on the fact that she told several people she believed she had been drugged — there were no traces of any date rape drugs found in her blood or urine samples — implying she made it up after the fact. Petrey continued to assert that the woman had consented to group sex that night, and lied about it for financial and reputational reasons. [...]"
"JUDGE REJECTS RELIGIOUS ARGUMENT"
January 14, 2018
"Carbondale-based defense attorney Ashley Petrey said in an interview Friday her client's beliefs are sincere, if 'odd and unpopular.' 'He truly believes these theories about the United States government, and he does treat it like his religion,' Petrey said. 'It's very intertwined with God and who created man. … He should be entitled to practice those beliefs.'"
"SOVEREIGN CITIZEN QUASI-RELIGIOUS IN BELIEFS, LAWYER SAYS"
January 6, 2018