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​Better Defining the Crime of Child Enticement On the surface, the term “child enticement” is a vague term that, outside of legal circles, is not easily understood.  In past years, child enticement meant engaging children for the purpose of luring them into sexual activities. Read More ​A Primer on Sexual Assault Charges in Colorado In Denver and throughout Colorado, being accused of a sexual assault crime is a serious matter that can result in life-changing incarceration.  Even the stigma of being accused without a conviction can be one of the most difficult things a person may ever face. Read More The Law in Colorado: Sex Assault Includes Revenge Porn? The phenomenon of 'revenge porn' is one of the many Internet-related fads causing chaos in American legal circles. In essence, revenge porn is when you take the illicit material given to you by a boy- or girl-friend during the course of your relationship and make them publicly available to their detriment. Read More Public Indecency and Colorado Sex Offender Sentencing In many legal areas, people are given three 'strikes' before they're assumed to be career criminals. Not so in Colorado sex offender sentencing: two strikes, and you're out. Specifically, if you get charged with public indecency once, and then you get charged with a specific kind of public indecency a second time, you get sentenced as a sex offender. Read More A Denver Assault Attorney On What 'Assault' Means, Part 2 In Part 1, we introduced Denver Assault Attorney Christopher T. Braddock, who gave us everything we needed to understand what we're about to see below. So, on with the details. Read More A Denver Assault Attorney On What 'Assault' Means, Part 1 There's a lot of confusion with the word 'assault' among non-lawyers. It's amplified by the constant connection in the media to the terms 'sexual' and '…and battery.' Here, Christopher T. Braddock gets down to the nitty-gritty. Read More Is Making Hash Oil Among the Denver Drug Crimes? Hash oil is an extract of marijuana leaves, essentially made to concentrate the THC component of the plant to create a more potent high. While the Attorney General of Colorado has declared that the production of hash oil is still illegal, there is a lot of confusion as to why -- both in the 'what law makes it illegal' and the 'what's dangerous enough about it that we want it to be illegal' sense. Read More Colorado Sex Assault Laws: Does One Size Fit All? If you take a look at the long list of various Colorado sex assault sex offense laws, you'll see that they range from high-level misdemeanors all the way up to high-level felonies -- sentences range from a mere 6 months up to 24 years. But what you might easily miss is that only a few of the various sexual crimes don't come with a permanent attachment to the SOLSA -- the Sex Offender Lifetime Supervision Act. Read More Colorado Child Pornography Laws: Sexting Sexting or the act of sending nude or semi-nude pictures intended to provoke an illicit thrill via any instant messaging system is presenting legislators, litigants, and lawyers with a painful grey area within the law. Read More A Colorado Criminal Defense Attorney on Cell Phone Searches So you've been placed under arrest, and right there on the spot, the police snatch up your phone and start perusing it, looking at your call history for evidence they can use against you. Is that legal? Read More A Denver Sex Attorney On 'Sextortion' in the Mile High City 'Sextortion' is widely known as an act in which one person uses sexually explicit material containing images of another person in order to force that other person into obedience, using the threat of publicizing the explicit materials as leverage. Quite often, the 'obedience' in question is assumed to be sexual in nature: perform sexually, or I'll release these pictures of you online. Read More A Denver Colorado Domestic Violence Attorney Talks About DV "Domestic violence" -- the phrase has been used and abused by TV crime dramas to the point of having almost nothing to do with its actual legal meaning and purpose. Domestic violence calls to mind a wide range of stereotypes, few of which approach anything like reality. Read More Colorado Internet Luring Laws Are Deeply Flawed Here in Colorado, 'Internet Luring' is defined as "communicating with a child under 15 and more than four years younger than yourself about anything sexually explicit, then subsequently as part of the same communication, inviting or persuading the child to meet with you in person for any purpose." Read More Getting Off the Register: A Colorado Sex Attorney's Advice If you've are on the Colorado Sex Offender's Registry, and you believe you don't belong there, you can have yourself removed. It's not a quick process. But given what being on the registry can do to your reputation and your ability to get employment, a rental to live in, and more, it's often worth the attempt. Read More Do I Have To Answer All Of An Officer’s Questions If I Get Pulled Over? Knowing what to say when an officer pulls over a vehicle can be challenging. A driver has certain legal rights that allow him or her to implement silence when the officer is asking questions. However, certain situations require driver participation. A driver who does not participate in those situations can face immediate license suspension. Read More I Protected Myself With a Gun: Am I a Criminal? Every year, hundreds of thousands of people across the United States are victims of a crime. While calling the police may help you after a crime has takes place, the police can do little to help you while a crime is taking place. In many cases, it can take upwards of 15 minutes for police to respond to a 911 call. In these situations, people must be prepared to protect themselves and their families. Read More Allowances For Colorado Residents Removal From Sex Offender Registry If you are convicted of sexual assault or any sex offense in the state of Colorado you could not only face strict immediate penalties if convicted, but after you are finished fulfilling your punishment there will be enduring consequences to work through. Read More Is Sexting a Crime? Over the past decade, a significant number of minors have been prosecuted for distribution of child pornography. These children were not abusing other children or producing child pornography for commercial purposes; instead, they simply took nude photos of themselves and sent them to others. Read More Don’t Let Prosecutors Bully You Into Pleading Guilty Have you been accused of racketeering? Are law enforcement officers making it sound like your only way out is to plead guilty to offenses for which you are innocent? Read More Ways To Avoid a Domestic Violence Suit If You Choose To Spank Your Children Times have changed since you and I were children. For generations parents and kids alike saw the value of parents providing love through the vehicle of discipline.  Here’s what the American Humane Society says about the importance of good discipline... Read More How is My Privacy Protected in a Pornography Case? Regardless of the type of pornography charges you face, you have a Constitutional right to privacy for your computer files on all your owned electronic devices. Police have been known to use highly technical forensic tools to search computers, phone records and handheld electronics for evidence in pornography cases. Read More The Ramifications of Fraud or Embezzlement Charges Financially motivated crimes such as embezzlement can have long-lasting, severe consequences. Many outcomes of white collar cases of this type are determined by the specific intent of the accused person. Proving intent can be extremely difficult and can be in your favor if you have a qualified attorney to prove your innocence. Read More I Have Been Accused of a Sexual Crime, Now What? If you have been accused of a sexual crime, you most likely feel your future is destroyed, even if the charges have no basis of truth. False allegations are common in this type of crime. Heated divorce issues, child custody battles, bad break-ups and cover-ups for consensual sexual behavior often result in charges that simply are not true. Read More Juveniles Tried as Adults At times, a judge may feel it is necessary to issue a waiver to move a child or young teen’s case to the adult court system. In most of these cases, the crimes involved with the charges are of the more serious nature or the minor has faced previous charges. Read More You Still Have Rights if You Have Been Brought Up on Drug Charges Criminal charges of any type are difficult to face. Drug charges should not be brushed off as insignificant. You need to understand what rights you have, and the best way to ensure your rights are protected is by seeking guidance from an experienced and reputable criminal defense lawyer. Read More Sex Crime-Child Trafficking in Colorado Crackdown on Sex Crime – Child Trafficking in Colorado: With child trafficking making headlines across the nation, the FBI is conducting Operation Cross Country VII to crack down on these notorious crimes. Unfortunately, when aggressive measures are taken to stop heinous crimes, innocent people are often falsely accused. Read More Accused Of ID Theft? What’s Next? “Too often, those convicted (of identity theft) have been sentenced to little or no time in prison. This changes today. This new law establishes… the offense of aggravated identity theft. Someone convicted of that crime can expect to go to jail…” - President George W. Bush Read More What Does The Right To A Fair Trial Mean? State, federal, and even international law all purport to enforce every individual’s right to a fair trial. The United States Bill of Rights outlines our rights in any criminal prosecution through the Sixth Amendment. Read More How To Protect My Future If I Am Arrested? Even good people make bad choices from time to time. When those bad choices happen at the wrong place and at the wrong time, the consequences can come swiftly and aggressively by way of a public arrest.  When you have been held in custody, detained by the police, or arrested, much of your future is at stake. Read More Does What I Wear to Court Really Matter? The best answer is, “Yes, it definitely matters.”  Regardless of whether you find that response ridiculous or offensive, your main concern should be ensuring that you are giving yourself the best possible opportunity to have a judge, and/or jury find you innocent of any charges brought against you, and it is a simple fact that the way we dress and carry ourselves impacts other people for the best or worst. Read More How to Prepare for Your DUI Case Even if you believe you are innocent, and there is no way you will be found guilty of a DUI charge made against you, you may find that proving your innocence is not as simple as you hoped it to be. Read More What It Means to be on Probation in Colorado If you have been charged with and convicted of a felony or misdemeanor you may be eligible for probation after a risk assessment evaluation to determine the level of supervision you will need to prevent your becoming a repeat offender. Read More Call 303-675-0100

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