Category: Assault

Understanding Your Assault Charge

Jan 18
2016

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Categories: Assault | Assault & Battery

 

In Colorado, you can be charged with assault in the first, second, or third degree depending on the circumstances of your case. But what are the differences between these degrees? And, more importantly, what are the possible penalties if you’re convicted?

 

Let’s look at the different levels of assault and the penalties associated with each crime.

 

First Degree Assault

 

First degree assault is a crime of

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Assault vs. Battery Crimes in Colorado

Oct 12
2015

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Categories: Assault | Assault & Battery | Battery

Many people use the terms “assault” and “battery” interchangeably. Often these two words are even lumped together in one phrase – “assault and battery” – to describe criminal physical attacks.

 

Colorado law, however, considers these two words distinct from each other, and has different charges and punishments for the two crimes. To make matters even more confusing, the historical distinction of these two terms has actually been reversed under

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The Three Different Degrees of Assault Charges in Colorado

Sep 7
2015

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Categories: Assault

Though assault and battery are often used in conjunction, assault refers to a unique type of crime in Colorado.

 

Under Colorado law, battery—sometimes referred to as “menacing”— is considered to be the act of intentionally causing fear of immediate body injury through physical or verbal threats. Alternatively, assault involves causing actual bodily injury to someone either knowingly or recklessly.

 

In Colorado, assault charges are classified into three different

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Cars Can Be Considered Weapons

Feb 9
2015

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Categories: Assault | Weapons

Not too long ago in Denver, police opened fire on a car full of teenagers after the driver of the car supposedly started accelerating toward the officer. The driver of the vehicle, 17-year-old Jessica Hernandez, was shot and killed.

 

In recent weeks, this incident has drummed up national attention. People are claiming that none of the teenagers in the car were armed, and thus the shooting was unprovoked and

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“I Was Protecting Myself”: Assault and Self-Defense

Sep 15
2014

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Categories: Assault

Arthur was walking through the parking lot to get to his car after work when suddenly a large man he’d never met before approached him, yelling angrily and waving his arms. Arthur, terrified and unsure what else to do, hit the threatening stranger and knocked him to the ground. A bystander called the police, who quickly arrived at the scene and charged Arthur with assault.

 

In the example above,

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