By H. Michael Steinberg Colorado Criminal Defense Lawyer The question of whether law enforcement can take your blood involuntarily in an alcohol-related criminal case is a critically important case to understand. The involuntary taking of blood from an individual by the State calls into question serious and important issues of…
The Charge of Vehicular Homicide – Manslaughter The most devastating charge facing an individual who has made the unfortunate decision to drink and drive – is the charge of vehicular homicide. Colorado courts punish this crime much more harshly than several decades ago when I first starting prosecuting these cases.…
As an ex Career DA and now as a Colorado criminal defense lawyer, I have been aware for more than 42 years of a loophole in the criminal law of Colorado that actually created an incentive for drunk drivers to flee the scene of car accidents. That loophole has now…
The Denver Post recently reported on a sentencing in a drunk driving death in Denver Colorado. Sandra Jacobson, convicted on nine counts related to the Jan. 28, 2009 traffic deaths of two women taking a cab to Denver International Airport, today was sentenced to 36 years in prison. Jacobson, whose…