We created a way of life where we work to pay our living expenses, when everything in nature used to be free. Unfortunately, in a free and safe society, we must have rules and regulations – laws, desirable or not. Even Burning Man Festival, an annual hippie gathering in the desert of Nevada, has its […]
Category Archives: Criminal Defense
Slaves working for a wage: wage-slavery. That describes most Americans, but it has an extra bite for inmates in U.S. prisons who slave for as little as 17 cents an hour, to a maximum of $2 per hour, and the real beneficiaries are large corporations. Most of the “highly skilled” inmates are convicted of non‑violent […]
It was quite an offseason for the Denver Broncos, legally speaking. Von Miller, the star outside linebacker and fan favorite, has been suspended for violating the NFL’s substance abuse policy, but he was also recently arrested for missing a mandatory court appearance after receiving a minor traffic citation. It appears that his talent for sacking […]
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 […]
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 […]
Picture this: Oscar Pistorius woke in the middle of the night. It was pitch black and he did not have his prosthetic legs on. He heard a noise and realized with horror that his balcony doors were open and workers had left ladders leaning against the house. Fearing an intruder, feeling exposed without his prosthetic […]
The Colorado Supreme Court issued an interesting decision in People v. LaRosa on January 14, 2013. This case overturns a 100 year old precedent in Colorado criminal law and could impact the way many crimes are investigated and prosecuted. So what is the issue in this case? The case involves the “corpus delicti rule” which […]