By H. Michael Steinberg Colorado Criminal Lawyer Introduction – Understanding Colorado’s New Law – Stopping The Police from Lying to Juveniles in Criminal Investigations In Colorado adult criminal investigations the police are allowed to lie to, mislead, and otherwise trick their targets. That has been the law for quite some…
By H. Michael Steinberg Colorado Criminal Defense Lawyer Introduction – Technology That “Watches Us” The collective forces of Colorado law enforcement use various technology to conduct surveillance ostensibly as a means of detecting crime. These technologies used can vary from GPS devices attached to automobiles, to cell towers used to…
By H. Michael Steinberg Colorado Criminal Defense Lawyer Introduction – The Words Quietly Spoken By Criminal Defendants Going To Trial “If I lose at trial, I can always appeal.” The decision to go to trial in a Colorado criminal case is always a difficult one. A key variable in that…
Introduction – Road Rage Arrests Involving Deadly Weapons – Most Often Charged As The Crime Of Felony Menacing In Colorado In 2023, a Colorado man shot and killed a 13 year old following a road rage confrontation and also wounded the child’s mother. He was sentenced to life in prison.…
By H. Michael Steinberg – Colorado Criminal Defense Lawyer Introduction – Why You Really DON’T Want a Pitbull Lawyer After practicing of criminal law on both sides of the courtrooms of Colorado for the last 40 years I have learned a few things. One of those things is that the…
By H. Michael Steinberg Colorado Criminal Defense Lawyer Introduction – Involuntary Intoxication – The Law In Part 1 of this series I addressed voluntary intoxication as a defense to Colorado criminal charges. This article now focuses on defending a criminal charge based on involuntary intoxication – for example – where the…
By H. Michael Steinberg Colorado Criminal Defense Lawyer Introduction – Blacking Out From Alcohol, Drugs Or Both “Qui peccat ebrius, luat sobrius.” “He who offends while drunk suffers punishment when sober.” Colorado criminal law, Section 18-1-804(1), C.R.S., embodies and codifies this very old rule regarding self induced or so called…
By H. Michael Steinberg – Colorado Criminal Defense Lawyer Introduction – Colorado’s Domestic Violence Housing Laws Colorado Law, as well as many other states, provides protection for those individuals who claim to be victims of domestic violence and live in rental units. Under this law, a tenant who has been…
By H. Michael Steinberg Colorado Criminal Defense Lawyer Introduction – The Burden of Proof In Colorado Criminal Cases In December of 2022, in a move that shocked many in the Colorado criminal justice system, the Colorado Supreme Court Model Criminal Jury Instructions Committee (the Committee), notwithstanding decades of approval of…
By H. Michael Steinberg – Colorado Criminal Defense Lawyer Introduction – Colorado Restitution Law – Extending Probation to Pay Unpaid Restitution There are many Colorado criminal cases in which the restitution order – the amount of restitution ordered by the Judge – far exceeds the ability of a Defendant to…