No New Trial For Former Teacher Convicted Of Sex Assaults Appeal By Paul Lopez Denied POSTED: 1:20 pm MDT July 28, 2005 DENVER -- A former Denver Public Schools teacher serving 52 years in prison for sexually assaulting two brothers has lost his bid for a new trial. Paul Lopez was convicted in September 2002 of abusing the two boys for more than two years beginning in 1991. The brothers, now in their 20s, said the abuse went on for more than two years beginning in 1991. Lopez abused them at his Denver home where they sometimes spent the night and at a summer camp in Conifer, Colo. Lopez was a middle school teacher and was their mentor in the Denver Kids program. Lopez was convicted of two counts each of sexual assault on a child by a person in a position of trust and sexual assault on a child as part of a pattern of abuse. He appealed the convictions on several issues, arguing that evidence of other alleged crimes was improperly allowed, that other witnesses were improperly allowed to vouch for the credibility of the victims, and that he received a lengthy sentence based largely on his repeated assertions of innocence. A three-judge panel of the appeals court rejected each argument, saying any errors by the judge were not enough to make for an unfair trial. http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/4782303/detail.html Back To Guvment Skool Page 8 COPYRIGHT "DUHMAG.COM" 2005