The Colorado Court of Appeals reversed the criminally negligent homicide convictions for the former paramedics in the death of Elijah McClain. The decision by the court states that both men will be remanded for a new trial on that charge, which was announced on Thursday morning.
McClain was walking home in August 2019 when the 23-year-old Black man was confronted by police officers who forcibly restrained him and then the Aurora Fire Rescue paramedics — Jeremy Cooper and Peter Cichuniec — injected him with ketamine. He went into cardiac arrest in an ambulance a few minutes later and died three days after that.
Cooper and Cichuniec were both convicted on charges of criminally negligent homicide in December 2023.
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The Colorado Court of Appeals stated that it affirms Cichuniec’s conviction for second-degree assault- unlawful administration of drugs. In September 2024, Cichuniec’s five-year prison sentence was vacated, and a judge reduced his sentence to probation.