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 […]
This week the Colorado legislature is moving forward on a bill to reduce prosecutors’ power in juvenile cases. Currently, in Colorado for many types of felonies, a prosecutor can try a juvenile in adult court without any oversight from a judge. This has several implications; some prosecutors are accused of using adult court to gain plea bargains […]
For many people, attending a Colorado Rockies game may be the highlight of a summer. However, for some people misunderstandings or run-ins with other fans can lead to ejection or arrest when attending a Colorado Rockies game at Coors Field. What to do if you get arrested at a Colorado Rockies Game at Coors Field […]
During March 2012, the Colorado Senate has introduced a bill that would change the way people are sentenced for possession of drugs in Colorado. SB 2012-163 is intended to prevent people who only posses a controlled substance from receiving a felony conviction. A felony drug sentence can have serious consequences, as we have discussed before. SB 2012-163 […]
This week the United States Supreme Court issued a pair of landmark rulings for criminal cases related to plea bargains. To understand the full magnitude of this decision it is important to remember that up to 97% of cases in criminal court are settled with a plea bargain. In Lafler v. Cooper, the Supreme Court […]