Colorado has established drinking and driving charges in two different parts: DUI (Driving Under the Influence) and DWAI (Driving While Ability Impaired). Whether you are stopped by police in Jefferson County or Denver County, you will face DUI / DWAI based on your blood alcohol level. The Differences of DUI and DWAI.
Lakewood Police (charging 9.45.020 - Prostitution Prohibited) and Denver Police (charging General Sessions Sec 38-158) seem to set up the most frequent Solicitation of a Prostitute stings in Colorado. Lakewood Police love to use Backpage to set up massages where sex is expected or agreed to, and Denver Police love to set a cute officer up as a Prostitute on the side of the road near Colfax. Either way, I wonder how much money they must make with these stings. We often see Denver taking your car and filing a public nuisance civil forfeiture action. They make a ton of money and often get to keep your car!
Defense lawyers frequently see charges of Domestic Violence Assault and Harassment in Arapahoe County. Aurora Police are called more often for Domestic Violence than for any sort of charges. Of these charges, Assault and Harassment come in 2nd place for a tie. This occurs because of the nature of intimate relationships, where lovers get into arguments - where pushing, slapping or hitting come next.
Whether Arapahoe County and Aurora Police read you your rights after an arrest or not, can affect your trial defense. Usually it does not. While this sounds radical, let me quickly explain the rules on when Denver cops are required to read you your rights. What are Your Miranda Rights in Colorado?
Whenever you use a computer, cell phone or tablet to commit a crime - even part of a crime - you face being charged with Jefferson County's Computer Crime, located at C.R.S. 18-5.5-102. With many crimes, Computer Crime is an add-on charge to the real conduct. Consider Theft, for example. It is an independent crime involving permanently taking something of value from another person. Use a computer to set up an appointment for the theft, and you've just committed Computer Crime.
Whenever there is a death in a car accident, Denver police take a very close look at the situation. They want to know whether the death could be prevented. If so, charges of Vehicular Homicide may be filed against the driver. If not preventable, a charge of Careless Driving Resulting in Death may be more appropriate. With a Denver Lawyer, let's study the parts of a Vehicular Homicide case and learn more.
There are three ways to commit the crime of Stalking in Douglas County, Colorado. Each involve a pattern of contact by an unwanted person (the Stalker). The first two ways to be charged with stalking involve a threat to a person, and then the added element of repeatedly following, approaching, contacting, or placing under surveillance the threatened person or their family member or their friend. Colorado Stalking Law.
Jefferson County and Douglas County are two places where we often see both False Imprisonment charges and Kidnapping charges. The difference between the two can be significant, with Kidnapping the more severe. False Imprisonment involves keeping someone in a place where they already were, while Kidnapping involves movement: talking someone from one place to another, against their will. When the motive for moving someone involves profit or sexual assault, Kidnapping becomes one of the most harshly punished crimes in Colorado. If someone is charged with a minor Kidnapping for moving someone from one room to another, they might end up with a False Imprisonment conviction under special circumstances. What is Colorado False Imprisonment?
In Denver, Colorado, and across our state, the law has set up a special class status of persons labeled "At-Risk," who are less able to care for and protect themselves, compared to the general population. Within this class, comes higher penalties for crimes involving At-Risk Adults, At-Risk Adults with IDD, At-Risk Juveniles, and At-Risk Elders. The law's purpose is to reduce crimes against this population. However, the effect seems minimal because offenders are not aware of the increased risk they run by harming an At-Risk person. Colorado At-Risk Law.
The legal definition of Forgery is found in the Colorado Revised Statutes, at C.R.S. 18-5-102. The best criminal defense attorney in Denver, Brighton and Adams County can help you apply the definition to your facts. A person commits Forgery when he or she intends to defraud, and falsifies a document or makes a statement creating a false document. Defrauding someone in Brighton or Northglenn can be more than just trying to trick someone for monetary gain. It may involve altering a legal document in order to achieve any number of goals. A good example of felony forgery is when someone changes a birth date on a driver's license in order to purchase alcohol or drinks at a bar. Forgery can also be charged when someone has possession of equipment used to make false identification.
Denver's city court is known as General Sessions Municipal Court, and handles many types of city misdemeanor crimes. No felony cases are handled here - just those which are based on city misdemeanor charges. Instead of a District Attorney, you will find a City Attorney who prosecutes offenders. Anyone arrested will be held at the Denver Van Cise-Simonet Detention Center (more below on the jail and courtrooms).
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