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In many ways Probation is like Parole in Colorado. Both are used as alternatives to housing people in Jefferson or Adams County jails or in Colorado state prisons. Probationers and Parolees are both supervised under the authority of an officer who has the authority to...
I never would have thought that giving out fliers to persons entering a court house could be charged as Jury Tampering. But, one judge ordered the man to be arrested on felony charges of jury tampering for handing out a jury information pamphlet. Free Speech rights...
A recent news story I read described a man carrying a child a short distance within a restaurant. Although they never left the restaurant, the man is being accused by police of Kidnapping. Why? Because Colorado's law is written poorly and people are getting charged...
When we have a law like Reckless Driving with huge consequences to our clients, you should expect more accuracy from Colorado lawmakers at the capitol building. After all, they have months of time to perfect the language which jurors will be applying in jury trials...
Criminal Mischief, C.R.S. 18-4-501, is a property crime which can be charged as a class 2 Misdemeanor all the way up to a very serious Adams County class 3 Felony. It all depends on the value of the property damaged. If found guilty, defendants are usually required to...
You don't have to call police and make a false report of a crime to be charged with False Reporting to Authorities in Adams County. Whether in Brighton, Erie or Commerce City, setting off a false fire alarm, calling in any kind of untrue 911 emergency, or furnishing...
While everyone in Colorado has seen CSI and NCIS, not everyone knows the value of Forensics to a criminal defense lawyer and his client. We recently defended a man charged with Unlawful Sexual Contact in Jefferson County. The police and sheriff's department did a...
I remember a recent criminal case where a police detective was sharing her personal opinion on the truthfulness of an alleged child victim, just prior to trial. When the mother of the child expressed reservations on the truthfulness of the child, the police detective...
Two police officers are being charged in the death of a 6-year-old boy. They felt they had justification for shooting into a fleeing suspect's car recently, as part of a criminal investigation into a crime. Whether they knew the boy was present is not clear, but I...
Forgery in the Denver Metropolitan area, or anywhere in Colorado, is a serious class 5 felony. What most people do not know is that this crime is not just prosecuted for writing bad checks, but can also be charged if a person is thought to have altered a temporary...