Category: Defense Lawyer

 

Getting charged with a crime in Denver can be one of the most stressful, confusing, and overwhelming times in your life. But it doesn’t have to be. With the help of an experienced and skilled criminal defense attorney, the chances that your charges will be reduced, dropped, or dismissed will increase greatly.

 

A criminal lawyer can use their in-depth knowledge of Colorado laws to help in all kinds

If you were asked to define the word “theft,” you’d probably say something like, “taking property that belongs to someone else” or “depriving someone of their belongings with no intention of giving them back.” When we define theft, it sounds straightforward—we should be able to look at an incident and say it either is or isn’t theft. In practice, however, it’s a little more complicated. This was illustrated particularly well

I was arrested for possession of a controlled substance, but the drugs were not mine. What should I do?

 

I frequently am contacted by potential criminal defense clients that want to know why they have been charged with drug possession when the drugs they are alleged to have possessed were not theirs.

 

Under Colorado law, possession can be either actual or constructive. Possession is actual where the defendant

If you have a criminal record, your ability to get federal student loan money may be limited.

 

Student Loan Eligibility and Drug Crimes If you were convicted of a drug crime while receiving federal student loans, your eligibility to receive further money may be suspended.

 

If you were convicted of one drug crime, you are ineligible to receive such funds for one year if that crime consisted of

It is common for someone charged with shoplifting to be faced with the prospect of video evidence in his or her case, capturing the act of the alleged shoplifting – particularly when the store involved is a larger store like a supermarket, department store, or somewhere like Target or Wal Mart, as opposed to a small business.

 

Faced with video evidence, a person charged with shoplifting may understandably feel