Victim’s 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…

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…

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. …

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…

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…

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…