DUI roadblocks or checkpoints
Mar 03, 2014
DUI roadblocks or checkpoints have been viewed to be constitutional by the Colorado Supreme Court and the Supreme Courts of practically every state Requirements of constitutional validity 1) They chec...
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Dismissal of a DUI/DWAI or other driving offense based on absence of "driving"
Mar 03, 2014
This is a tricky issue in the State of Colorado because what we common sense people consider to be "driving" is not the same as what the courts and the legislature consider to be "driving," which is r...
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Dismissal of Criminal Case Based on Speedy Trial
Mar 03, 2014
This guide will attempt to address some common misconceptions about speedy trial - when it starts, how long it is, how it can be tolled, and how it can be waived CRS 18-1-405 Speedy Trial The Court an...
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3 Reasons Not to Talk to the Police Investigating You for a Crime
Feb 20, 2014
It is in our human nature, especially when we either think or know that we have not done anything wrong or committed a crime, to want to talk with an investigating detective or investigating officer t...
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Civil protection orders/restraining orders
Feb 16, 2014
Civil protection orders/restraining orders are very serious and can result in a person being charged with a class 2 misdemeanor offense, can be on someone's record permanently, and can interfere with ...
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Common criminal concepts for the inexperienced - PART ONE
Feb 16, 2014
For many people being charged with an offense for the first time in the criminal justice system is a terrifying experience. To make it worse, the legal system uses a series of legal phrases or termino...
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Extradition to another state: to waive or not to waive
Feb 15, 2014
Oftentimes, people have a felony or misdemeanor warrant out of another state and are arrested in CO and asked if they will waive extradition or whether they want to contest extradition and seek a Gove...
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To File for Contempt or Not
Feb 15, 2014
As a judge in Colorado from 1995-2002, I used to go around the state lecturing judges from all over the state about the different types of contempt (indirect v. direct) (remedial v. punitive) and how ...
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Getting your estate planning in order
Feb 15, 2014
Studies show that approximately 80% of the US public does not have any estate planning in place. Whether it is out of the fear of addressing the topic of death, or a misunderstanding that most of esta...
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