In Colorado and the majority of other states, police officers trained to administer standard field sobriety tests (SFST’s) to a suspected drunk driver. In this blog, we are going to examine one of them- the Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus test (HGN), and why it is a bogus test that cannot be relied on to determine a […]
Exercise Your Right To Remain Silent Generally when the police contact an individual who is suspected of a crime, whether or not the subject of that investigation has committed a crime or not, the best advice for that subject is to remain silent. Here’s why. Anybody who is accused, charged or prosecuted with a crime […]
In order to get charged with a criminal offense in Colorado, the police are going to be involved in some way. This means any law enforcement agency. One common way a person may get charged is if a police officer directly observes a person engaged in a criminal act. Another way is if a citizen […]
NBC just announced that its premier anchor, Brian Williams, will be suspended for 6 months from his desk at NBC Nightly News. The move comes after Williams was caught in several lies (or as he calls them, “conflations”) he told regarding what happened when he was on a military helicopter in Iraq in 2003. Essentially, […]
Over the recent past both police departments nationally as well as the Denver police department have been increasingly in the public eye for what many would characterize as a disproportionate use of force. Nationally, incidents like the killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson and the strangulation of Eric Garner in New York, as well as […]
DUI Defense Lawyer Douglas County In Colorado, DUI cases are being prosecuted aggressively and that is especially true in Douglas County, Colorado. Douglas County is one of the fastest growing communities in Colorado but it’s still relatively rural, with a lot of open highways and roads and the multitude of law enforcement agencies that are based in […]
I often get questions about bond or bail; What is it? How does it work? So the short version is this: If you’re arrested for an offense the police can give you a summons which allows you to just walk away with a ticket but if it’s more serious, they’re going to make you post […]
Sealing Records in Colorado We get a lot of questions about sealing records in Colorado. Can I get my record sealed? How do I do it? Well there’s good news and there’s bad news. The bad news is, there’s still a lot of cases that can’t be sealed. They simply aren’t eligible and unfortunately, you just […]
Domestic Violence Laws in Colorado Domestic violence is one of the least understood criminal matters in the state of Colorado and it’s really one of the most serious. Any time the police are called for a crime involving domestic violence or an allegation of domestic violence, chances are someone’s going to be taken away in handcuffs, […]
Concealed Weapons Violations in Colorado In Colorado, we have specific procedures in place for a person to get a concealed weapon and we call this permit a “CCW”. We’re first going to talk about situations in which you don’t need a CCW. You are able to have a firearm in your home, in your car […]