When handling DUI cases in Colorado our firm deals with many people who are moving to Colorado who have prior DUI convictions in other states. Many other states, including North Carolina, suspend habitual DUI offenders’ licenses for a lifetime, while in Colorado even the worst offender can still get their license back. First, I’d like […]
Category Archives: Criminal Defense
Jerry Sandusky was back in court this morning for his preliminary hearing. A preliminary hearing is a court proceeding in which the prosecution is required to prove to a judge that they have enough evidence to proceed to trial. Procedurally this means that witnesses to Sandusky’s alleged offense would be required to testify under oath, […]
Denver has its first major snowstorm forecasted for Wednesday, October 26 and a lot of citizens are now preparing for winter. What many of them might not realize is that leaving their sidewalks unplowed might lead to trouble that could snowball out of control. In the city of Denver homeowners have 24 hours after snow […]
All over the country a series of Occupy movements has created a unique set of legal problems in many different jurisdictions at the same time. Here in Denver Hebets & McCallin has committed to represent those charged during the protest for free and is part of a group of 50 lawyers taking cases. In Denver […]
In Colorado today there are an estimated 200,000 people driving without a license or driving with a suspended license according to the Denver Post. In addition, in the relatively quiet Teller County there were 40 arrests made in the month of September and of those 5 or over 12% involved either driving without a license or driving under […]
A Political Drama over a Deferred Judgment What is a Deferred Judgment and Sentence? Here in the Colorado state and municipal court systems, one of the most common dispositions of a criminal case is a deferred judgment and sentence. A deferred judgment is essentially a contract between the defendant and the prosecuting attorney. Here’s how […]
Is Big Brother watching? Should he be? The advent of the internet has led to innumerable opportunities for the would-be criminal, from identity theft to hacked bank accounts. The latest emerging criminal opportunity taps into the future of the internet: social networking. This is the same social networking that lets you catch up with your […]
Reading through the CrimProf Blog recently I discovered a study about if hiring lawyers was really beneficial in felony cases. The study is called “Who’s Better at Defending Criminals? Does Type of Defense Attorney Matter in Terms of Producing Favorable Case Outcomes,” and it was written by Thomas Cohen a statistician for the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics. It […]
Do I really need a lawyer? That’s an excellent question, the answer to which is, “it depends.” In small claims court (where disputes between two private parties over small dollar amounts are heard), lawyers aren’t even allowed. Having a lawyer represent you in court is never required; representing yourself is called litigation pro se (meaning […]
A Florida man has been accused of using his pit bull to participate in an assault on his daughter Sunday night after the Super Bowl. According to the Marion County Sheriff’s report, Julian Maynard Saunders, a 49 year old Ocala resident, got into an argument with his 19 year old daughter over the use of […]