By H. Michael Steinberg Colorado Criminal Defense Lawyer Introduction – A Reckless Driving Conviction Can Impact Your Life There is an important line that is crossed when a Colorado police writes you a summons for reckless driving rather than the lesser charge of careless driving. The charge of reckless driving…
By H. Michael Steinberg Colorado Criminal Defense Lawyer Introduction – the Confusing State of Colorado Law on Stun Guns The use of stun guns and Tasers in Colorado may present as confusing to those intending to use the weapon in self-defense. This brief article is intended to clarify the state…
By H. Michael Steinberg Colorado Criminal Defense Lawyer Introduction – the Issue – Search and Seizure of Your Car When You Are Arrested While I have written on this subject in the past, a recent Colorado case, People v Thomas, has brought the issue of the seizure, and inventory searches…
By H. Michael Steinberg Colorado Criminal Defense Lawyer Introduction – Colorado First and Second Degree Felony Assaults v. Third Degree Misdemeanor Assaults and the Role of Serious Bodily Injury To understand a diagnosis of a finding that an alleged victim of a Colorado assault case suffered serious bodily injury, one…
By H. Michael Steinberg Colorado Criminal Defense Lawyer Introduction Two significant changes that will have a major impact on cases involving alleged violations of Colorado Community Correction sentences were quietly enacted in 2020. The Prison Population Reduction and Management Act 18-8-208(11), C.R.S. (The Prison Reduction Act – “the Act”),…
By H. Michael Steinberg Colorado Criminal Defense Lawyer Introduction – the Very Real Danger of Misidentification as a Result of One on One Show-ups at the Scene of a Colorado Criminal Investigation A “show-up” is a procedure used by the police where a lone potential suspect of a recently committed…
By H. Michael Steinberg Colorado Criminal Defense Lawyer Introduction – One Set of Facts – Several Crimes Charged – Is That Legal? I am often asked how one can be charged for multiple crimes in the same case for the same conduct – the so-called unlawful “duplicative” charging issue. The…
By H. Michael Steinberg Colorado Criminal Defense Lawyer Introduction – What Does It Mean to be Seized? The phrase “search and seizure” is very familiar to most Americans, but a clear understanding by most of us of the moment when one is constitutionally “seized” – is a different question and…
By H. Michael Steinberg Colorado Criminal Defense Lawyer Introduction The complexities of successfully defending a Colorado criminal case require a thorough and comprehensive review of any and all of the possible legal defenses available for the case at hand. One of those defenses that should be explored is the defense…
By H. Michael Steinberg Colorado Criminal Defense Lawyer Introduction Estimates of the number of criminal cases settled by agreement – a plea bargain – are somewhere between 90 and 95 percent of all cases across the country. This is also true in the state of Colorado. Plea bargaining, especially in…