In Colorado, the Second Amendment is implicated in criminal cases like Menacing, C.R.S. 18-3-206, Prohibited Use of Weapons, 18-12-106, and Possession of a Weapon by Previous Offender, C.R.S. 18-12-108. Each of these crimes tugs at Constitutional rights to possess...
Charged With A Crime? It Doesn’t Mean You’re Guilty.
Year: 2012
Colorado Indecent Exposure, C.R.S. 18-7-302
In August, a Boulder high school teacher was arrested for Indecent Exposure, C.R.S. 18-7-302. Several news reports carried the story of the allegations concerning the teacher visiting garage sales wearing shorts with no underwear. The allegations state that he would...
Colorado Computer Forensics – Reading Hard Drive History
Unless you have used a product like Drive Scrubber 3, which overwrites deleted files, your hard drive likely contains a history of every file ever created, accessed or downloaded. Notice that I did not say which "you" have created, accessed or downloaded? It does not...
Tampering with a witness / victim Lawyer in Colorado: C.R.S. 18-8-707
Lawyers know that Tampering with a witness or victim (C.R.S. 18-8-707) in Denver, Jefferson, or Arapahoe County is a very serious matter, and it is charged as a class 4 felony. A person facing a less serious misdemeanor charge in Weld County may find herself in deeper...
Weld County Indeterminate Sentence: Sex Assault, C.R.S. 18-3-402
A 23-year-old Weld County, Colorado man was sentenced to 10 years to life in prison for Sexual Assault (C.R.S. 18-3-402) of an intoxicated 17-year-old girl at a party. His sentence comes a few months after he was convicted of the crime in Weld County District Court. A...
Sex Offender Registration / DeRegistration, C.R.S. 18-3-412.5
We continue to hear from good people in Denver, Jefferson and Adams County who fail to DE-register as sex offenders, when they move. They are trying to follow all the crazy rules for sex offenders in Colorado, but don't realize you must tell the police agency where...
Colorado Escape – NOT Just for Breaking Out – C.R.S. 18-8-208
Many people are learning the hard way in Denver, Adams and Douglas County, Colorado, that Escape, C.R.S. 18-8-208, does not just involve sneaking out of a jail or prison. It is much broader. A good example is the person on work release who fails to return at night to...
Leaving the Scene of an Accident is a Felony – Traffic, C.R.S. 42-4-1601
Traffic accidents sound like DMV license issues. But, did you know that if someone is seriously injured or killed in a traffic accident and you leave the scene, you will be facing felony charges and up to 12 years in the Colorado Department of Corrections prison...
Colorado Dependency and Neglect – Social Services Out of Control
Occasionally, our criminal cases involving Child Abuse, C.R.S. 18-6-401, migrate into Dependency and Neglect (D&N) cases in Douglas, Arapahoe and Jefferson County. This is a civil type case where children are taken from their parents for the "safety" of the child....
Harassment in Colorado, C.R.S. 18-9-111
The Colorado Revised Statutes define criminal Harassment at C.R.S. 18-9-111. This statute contains many subjective terms which make it difficult to predict what is unlawful. People living in Denver, Aurora, Littleton, or other high density parts of the metro area will...
