By H. Michael Steinberg Colorado Criminal Defense Lawyer How many times have I heard a client utter the words in a Colorado domestic violence case – “But I have no criminal history”…as if those words will immunize them from prosecution. The second most used phrase – “she is not pressing…
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…
By H. Michael Steinberg Colorado Criminal Defense Lawyer A Colorado Judge cannot enter into plea negotiations between a prosecutor and a defense attorney. Judges cannot improperly pressure a defendant into a plea bargain by threatening that Defendant with a lengthy sentence if the defendant chooses to go to trial. A…
After 42+ years of practicing Criminal Law In Colorado it is time to intelligently address the issue of the mentally ill and their treatment in the Colorado Criminal Courts. The costs of continually ignoring this problem are staggering. The Denver Daily News wrote recently (March 3, 2009) that Colorado could…