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You may know that the police in Colorado have to have reasonable suspicion if they want to pull you over and see if you are drunk. Officers are not allowed to pick out cars at random or pull over every car they see until they find a drunk driver. There must be a reason...

Breckinridge, Colorado, is one of those towns that absolutely swells during the tourism seasons. People come out to the mountains in the winter for the skiing and the snowboarding. They come out in the summer to go hiking, fishing and hunting. Some people have homes in other states, coming all the way from the...

Both the insanity defense and a lack of competency to stand trial are related to a person’s mental state, so some people make the mistake of thinking that they are pretty similar. The reality, though, is that they’re very different. A lack of competency basically relates to how a person feels right at the...

If you have been accused of committing domestic violence, you need to have a clear understanding of exactly what domestic violence is and how it typically manifests itself within a household. First and foremost, domestic violence and other kinds of emotional abuse are behaviors that one party in a relationship employs in order to...

A 31-year-old man has been taken into custody by authorities in southeastern Colorado Springs. Police have charged the man with drug crimes, in addition to motor vehicle theft. Allegedly, he tried to flee arrest before officers eventually tracked and apprehended him. The arrest occurred while an officer was on his way to a different...

Two Denver men have been found guilty of gun-related charges in federal court. The 32- and 34-year-old men were alleged to be gang members and they will likely spend multiple years behind bars as a result of their convictions, according to federal authorities. The cases were prosecuted by the office of U.S. Attorney John...

Every criminal accusation needs to be evaluated based on its individual facts and circumstances in order to determine the best defense approach to apply to it. Attorneys have at their disposal a wide variety of criminal defense and business tactics they can employ depending on the situation at hand. This article will discuss several...

If an accused individual can successfully plead insanity as a part of his or her defense against murder charges, it might be possible to achieve a verdict of not guilty. In other outcomes, a successful insanity plea might result in a conviction, but achieve a dramatic reduction in sentencing. In the article that follows,...

Getting accused of drug possession is frightening. You can be ostracized by your family and friends and you could even lose your job and become unemployed. Having a good attorney in your corner can make a huge difference in the outcome of these charges. Some of the defenses that an experienced lawyer will use...

A man covered in mud was arrested in early May after he allegedly invaded four homes and hit a policeman with a chair. The incident happened in Colorado Springs. Police claim the man first invaded one home, and then invaded three other homes while they were pursuing him. By the time authorities arrested him,...

The U.S. Department of Transportation records statistics regarding drunk driving accidents, both as they pertain to the drivers themselves and to pedestrians, and examining the numbers can expose some of the greater trends over the years. While these are national numbers and trends, similar stats can be expected in Colorado. First of all, about...

A proposed drunk driving bill was recently approved to move on to the state Capital in Colorado. If passed, it could make drunk driving penalties more serious. The bill seeks to punish repeat drunk drivers more harshly. Sponsors of the legislation completed their testimony at Colorado’s state senate building on Tuesday morning. If codified...