Criminal Defense

When a trial ends in a conviction, that doesn’t mean your defense is over. You can give the court good reason to be lenient with you by providing evidence that serves to reduce the severity of your crime or helps put your actions into perspective. These are called...

If your criminal case goes to court, the prosecution must present evidence to back up their claims that you are guilty. They may also use any evidence they have to try and convince you that your defense case is hopeless and that you should accept the plea deal they...

If the police charge you with driving under the influence (DUI), you should not just take it on the chin. There are many ways to contest these charges, and you need to consider them all. You might not have considered just how much a DUI conviction will affect your...

What someone remembers, or says they remember, could be crucial in convicting someone of a crime. People often assume that what an eyewitness says must be accurate, which can lead to innocent people going behind bars. Yet, human memory is far less reliable than people...

You are probably at least aware of your Miranda rights. Anyone who has watched a television show where someone gets arrested knows that the police should tell an individual about their right to remain silent and their right to legal representation when facing criminal...

No one wants to get into trouble with the law, but thousands of people get arrested and then charged with criminal offenses in Colorado every single year. Mistakes ranging from getting behind the wheel at the wrong time to letting an argument with a loved one become...

It’s a longstanding legal doctrine that if a person dies while they’re in the process of appealing their conviction for a crime, that conviction is vacated. The doctrine, abatement ab initio, literally means “from the beginning” in Latin.  The appeal is dismissed, and...

If the police show up at your door, demanding to be let inside so that they can search your home, do you have to let them in? Not necessarily. If they have a search warrant signed by a magistrate or a judge, you do have to let them in, but the terms of the warrant...

When considering domestic violence charges, you should consider the fundamental crime committed. A domestic violence charge is a designation added to a crime if you are or were intimately involved with the victim. It typically increases the punishment you receive...

On January 1, 2019, a physical altercation allegedly ensued between three American marines from the Marine Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC) and an American defense contractor outside of a bar in Iraq. The defense contractor allegedly instigated the...