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Denver Attorney on 26 Victim Rights
TWENTY-SIX (26) LEGAL RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES A VICTIM SHOULD KNOW AND EXERCISE THROUGH AN ATTORNEY. Commensurate with the guarantees of justice and due process of section 24-4.1-302.5(1) of the Colorado Revised Statutes, the victim of criminal conduct can specifically requests (through counsel and in writing) to exercise and be afforded each statutorily enumerated right under…
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Denver Attorney for Crime Victim Privacy
A VICTIM HAS A RIGHT TO PRIVACY AND TO FORBID THE POLICE AND PROSECUTORS FROM OBTAINING PERSONAL OR CONFIDENTIAL RECORDS AND USING THEM AGAINST THE VICTIM. A notice, invocation, and exercise of rights by the victim should include, but not be limited to, all of the victim’s legal rights relating to privacy, the Health Insurance…
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Denver Attorney for Victims Right Not to Speak
A VICTIM HAS A RIGHT TO NOT SPEAK WITH ANYONE WITHOUT AN ATTORNEY PRESENT (INCLUDING THE POLICE AND PROSECUTION). The victim of a crime should invoke and exercise the victim’s rights and privileges as related to the criminal case and as defined and guaranteed by the United States and Colorado constitutions, statutes, and court orders. …
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Denver Attorney for Victims and Right to Discovery
A VICTIM HAS A RIGHT TO RETAIN LEGAL COUNSEL (AN ATTORNEY) AND RECEIVE DISCOVERY IN THE CRIMINAL CASE. The victim of a crime in Colorado has a right to retain an attorney and legal counsel. The victim has a right to retain an attorney in all matters related to the victim’s status as a complaining…
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Defending an Allegation of Complicity in Colorado Criminal Courts
A person does not have to actually physically commit a crime in order to be guilty of the crime itself. Acting as the principal in the commission of a crime is, of course, one way to be guilty of a crime. There are other theories of guilt as well, however. Two common theories of guilt,…
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Denver Criminal Defense Attorney: Overview of Connally v. Georgia – Detached and Neutral Requirement for Search Warrants
The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution protects against unreasonable searches and seizures. Searches and seizures conducted without a warrant are presumptively unreasonable. If a search and seizure is conducted in violation of the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, the evidence obtained by conducting the search and seizure must be suppressed. Connally…
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Attorney for Victims in Colorado: Used-and-Abused
THE USED-AND-ABUSED VICTIM: A person who is an actual victim, but a victim of much less serious conduct than the defendant is charged with committing. One of the most used and abused victims in the criminal justice system in Colorado is the person who is a victim of a minor (or less serious) offense, but…
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The Properly-Named (But Ignored) Victim
Victim Rights Attorney in Colorado THE PROPERLY-NAMED (BUT IGNORED) VICTIM: A person who is an actual victim, but who wishes and rights are ignored by police and prosecutors. Often a person is alleged to be a victim, and that person is in fact an actual victim; however, the police and prosecutors simply ignore such victim’s…
