2019年7月19日 · Barrett was selected by Gov. Jared Polis to become a new district court judge thanks to Senate Bill 19-43. The bill increased the number of judges by one in the 1st, 8th, 10th, 13th, 17th,...

The Hon. Matthew D. Barrett is a judge for the 21st Judicial District Court of Colorado. He was appointed to the bench by Governor Jared Polis on July 2, 2019, filling a vacancy created by Senate Bill 19-043. The 21st Judicial District encompasses Mesa County.

The Twenty-First Judicial District Commission on Judicial Performance agrees (8-1) that Judge Matthew D. Barrett MEETS PERFORMANCE STANDARDS. Appointed to the district court in 2019, Judge Barrett presides over primarily a criminal docket, though a portion of his workload consists of civil litigation, domestic relations, and probate matters.

2024年10月3日 · Left to right: Colorado 21st District Court Judge Matthew Barrett and Tina Peters (YouTube/KUSA). The judge overseeing the sentencing hearing of the first election official convicted of a felony over 2020 election conspiracy theories was clearly annoyed by the defendant in court on Thursday.

Judge Barrett is a graduate of the University of Denver, Sturm College of Law. At DU, he received the Scholastic Excellence Award in an advanced class for Torts. After graduation, he practiced as a Deputy District Attorney in the 14th and 9th Judicial Districts. He was named the Prosecutor of the Year for the 9th Judicial District in 2011.

2024年10月3日 · The sentence handed down by Judge Matthew Barrett came after more than two hours of testimony by witnesses on both sides who talked about the effect of the trial on Mesa County, election officials all over the country, and a Mesa County man whose identity became a central issue in the case, and on Peters herself.

2024年10月5日 · A rural Colorado county courthouse beefed up security Friday after threats were made against staff and a judge who sentenced former county clerk Tina Peters to nearly nine years behind bars and admonished her for her role in a data breach scheme catalyzed by the lie that the 2020 election was stolen from former President Donald Trump.

2019年7月2日 · DENVER — Gov. Jared Polis today announced the appointment of Matthew D. Barrett as a district court judge in the 21st Judicial District to fill a vacancy created by Senate Bill 19-043. Barrett is currently a District Court Magistrate for the 21st Judicial District, a position he has held since 2018.

2024年10月13日 · In a high-profile trial, the judge acquitted himself very well despite multiple challenges presented by Peters’ continued attempts to undermine his orders. The political world took note recently that Tina Peters, an election denier and former county clerk in Mesa County, was sentenced to nine years combined in jail and prison.

2019年7月6日 · Mesa County District Court Magistrate Matthew D. Barrett has been named as a district court judge in the 21st Judicial District, announced by Gov. Jared Polis earlier this month. "We are very...