While many people might dream about what it would be like to rob a bank and get away with it some statisticians writing for The Royal Statistical Society have determined precisely how much bank robbery pays. Their original study can be found here. These researchers discovered two very important things about robbing a bank. First, bank […]
Sealing Your Record Sealing your record is one of the most important concerns most people have when talking to a criminal defense attorney. A criminal record that has not been sealed can be viewed in employment background checks and by future landlords and can seriously restrict a person’s options. This article should answer all of […]
More auto thieves may be looking for a Denver criminal defense attorney soon. The police in Colorado are beginning to make a record number of arrests in auto theft cases thanks to a new statewide coordinated police effort. Taxpayers in Colorado contribute one dollar from their vehicle registration fee to support the Colorado Auto Theft Prevention […]
The results of a joint project between the University of Michigan and Northwestern Law schools are shedding some light into the nature of false convictions in the US. In this study it was found that 15% of all false convictions happen because of things that are said while answering police questions. There are many reasons that a number […]
This spring Hebets & McCallin conducted a national essay competition for writings related to criminal defense topics. The winner of this year’s contest is Joshua Wilson from Kansas State University. His essay appears in full below, and in the coming weeks several of the other notable essays will appear on our blog also. An Argument […]
Recently, over in the UK a man was concerned about the speed that people were traveling outside his house. He estimated that people were driving about 20 to 30 mph over the speed limit. Rather than continue to wait around for the police to enforce the speed limit the man decided he would do something, and this […]
One of area enforcement that we see emphasized in Denver, especially around the stadiums and downtown, is the pursuit of ticket scalping. There are some important things you should know about ticket scalping law in Colorado. Denver police officers have been known to approach anyone who is holding tickets in their hands and ask them […]
Everyone who contacts our law office asking for advice receives some form of free consultation with a criminal attorney. For some people, they have a few simple questions which can be answered on the telephone, but for most cases that have been set for a court appearance we offer a Denver criminal defense attorney’s free […]
As a number of recent news articles indicate across the country schools are increasing calling the police and children are increasingly being handcuffed for school discipline issues. In Georgia a 6 year old girl was handcuffed because she was having a tantrum school officials could not bring in control. Here in Colorado a sixth grader was arrested after a […]
Ever since the medical marijuana boom started a few years ago here in Colorado, some weed-related legal issues have become a bit, well, hazy. One of the issues we have seen in our practice is whether a medical marijuana patient with a state issued license to smoke may or may not continue to use marijuana […]