James Francis Edwards, 15, Chancey Allen Luna, 16, and Michael Dewayne Jones, 17 are three teens that decided to end the summer by killing an Australian college student, 22-year old Chris Lane in Duncan, Oklahoma. This horrific incident took place on Tuesday, August 20th. However, a violent incident like this happens all too often in […]
It’s Friday night and you’ve been out at a bar with friends blowing off some steam after a long week. You have several beers, and when your party breaks up you feel like you’re still OK to drive. You get into your car, but after driving a block you realize that driving in your condition […]
On Saturday, Judge Debra Nelson made a pivotal ruling in the state’s case charging George Zimmerman with the murder of Trayvon Martin. The state prosecutors had endorsed 2 audio “experts” who claimed to have identified the yelling on a poor quality 911 call as the scream of Trayvon Martin. Judge Nelson ruled that neither of […]
Colorado has recently changed its laws for DUI’s involving marijuana. This video will help you understand these changes from the perspective of a criminal defense attorney.
By now everyone has heard of the miraculous escape and rescue of Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, and Michele Knight from a decade of captivity in a Cleveland home. As the victims reunite with their families and start the process of reassimilating into society, very little is known about the men arrested for these abductions. Three […]
Feeling the breeze in your hair, burning some extra calories, saving gas money, seeing your community from a different perspective, and keeping fossil fuel emissions out of the atmosphere are only a few of the benefits of cycling. Boulder and Denver consistently make the list for top bike-friendly cities in the country. Given that biking […]
For many people, attending a Colorado Rockies game is the definition of summer time. The Colorado Rockies have huge home field attendance numbers and have had some of the longest sell out streaks in major league baseball. However, for some people misunderstandings or run-ins with other fans can lead to ejection or arrest when attending […]
Felony menacing is a criminal charge that sounds pretty intimidating, but a lot of people facing this charge are unclear about what this charge entails. In Colorado the crime of menacing means that a person knowingly makes the victim fear imminent serious bodily injury. Essentially, you might liken the crime of menacing to being charged […]
Almost daily some poor uninformed soul comes into our office or calls with the same story. “My husband/wife/boyfriend/girlfriend and I were having a heated argument and I called the police to calm things down.” To the average person this sounds logical. It sounds reasonable. To anyone who knows our criminal justice system it sounds like […]
I was talking to a younger cousin of mine recently about a criminal case he had read about in the paper. In that case, a man was arrested and charged for having 40 kilos of cocaine in his basement. However, when the case went to court, a judge suppressed all of the evidence found in […]