Attorney for Juvenile Delinquency Charges - Keep Their Criminal Record Clean Title 19 of the Colorado Revised Statutes is also known as the Colorado Children's Code. Although children charged with crimes are treated differently than adults in Jefferson and Douglas...
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Juvenile Crimes
Direct Filing of Juvenile Criminal Charges in Denver – Kid Court to Adult Court
Juvenile Direct Filing Moves - District Attorneys Increasing the Stakes in Colorado Juvenile criminal charges are normally filed in the juvenile court of each county - a branch of the District Court. Magistrates handle the bulk of juvenile cases in Denver, which are...
Juvenile Court Lawyer in Douglas and Arapahoe County, When Kids Get Into Trouble
How is Arapahoe County Juvenile Court Different than Adult Court? Juvenile crimes are treated more as the mistakes of a developing child than adult cases - where a crime is never seen as a mistake, but intentional. The juvenile court system sees kids as developing and...
Colorado Juvenile Crimes Charges
As parents, when our children get in trouble, we naturally want to hold them accountable. Unfortunately, in the context of juvenile criminal law, how you as a parent hold them accountable is not how the justice system would. There are permanent, long term consequences...
Juvenile Justice in Denver and Across Colorado
Parents in Denver, Jefferson and Adams County often call and ask if they need to get a lawyer for their child when the child is accused of a crime or when the child admits to committing a crime. The answer is always YES. I think many parents assume that juvenile court...
Boob Scoops & Butt Grabs: Unlawful Sexual Contact Charges by Juveniles
Unlawful Sexual Contact is fast becoming one of the most charged sexual offenses in the juvenile court system, especially in Douglas, Jefferson and Arapahoe county. C.R.S. 18-3-404 criminalizes subjecting someone to sexual contact when they do not consent. Sexual...
When Juveniles are Treated as Adults in Colorado, C.R.S. 19-2-517
Under certain circumstances, Colorado law permits prosecutors in Denver and Weld County to file charges against Juveniles in District Court as adults. This procedure is called "Direct Filing," (C.R.S. 19-2-517). Title 19 of the Colorado Revised Statutes is called the...
Colorado Juvenile Crimes and Court
Juvenile criminal cases are usually charged in the juvenile court of each county. While technically under the jurisdiction of the District Court, a magistrate often manages the case on behalf of a judge. These types of cases involve kids charged with crimes while they...
Juvenile Adjudication vs. Adult Convictions in Colorado
In Colorado, Adams, Arapahoe and Denver County differentiate between Juvenile Crimes (kids) and adult crimes. The idea is to rehabilitate juveniles while they are still young and to give kids a second chance. Juveniles face adjudications for crimes like Theft,...
Colorado Juvenile Crimes are Better Than Adult Crimes
Denver Juvenile Criminal Defense Attorney Colorado Juvenile Crimes are a much better classification than adult crimes for your child. Juvenile offenses are taken less seriously than adult crimes from many different perspectives. It is always important to ensure that...