Sex offense charges are among the most serious cases in the criminal justice system. The evidence is often thin. The stakes are not. What Makes These Cases Different Most criminal cases turn on physical evidence - surveillance footage, forensic data, documents. Sex...
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Do I Have to Take a Plea Deal?
Nobody can make you plead guilty. Full stop. Every person charged with a crime has the right to a trial. The burden of proof falls entirely on the government. Prosecutors must prove every element of every charge beyond a reasonable doubt — the highest legal standard...
The Guy Walking Out of Prison Today Is Our New Neighbor
He may not be ready. One program seeks to fix that. By Casey Krizman More than 7,000 people walk out of Colorado state prisons every year. Within one year of release, roughly one in four return. About half of those returns are not for new crimes - they are for...
What Happens If You Violate a No Contact Order in Colorado?
If you've been arrested on a domestic violence charge in Colorado, a no contact order is almost certainly part of your bond conditions. Violating it makes everything worse. The Legal Consequences Are Serious Violating a criminal protection order is a Class 1...
What Happens In Felony Court?
What Happens in Felony Court in Colorado Assault and Violent Crimes, Criminal Defense Process, Drug Crimes Defense, Sex Crimes Defense, White Collar and Property Crimes A felony case moves through several distinct stages before it reaches a jury. Knowing what to...
What Happens After A Felony Arrest in Colorado?
Getting arrested is disorienting. This post walks you through exactly what happens in the first 48 hours after an arrest in Colorado, what bond actually means, and the single most important thing you can do to protect yourself from the moment you are taken into...
Internet Sexual Offense – Supervised Probation
Our client was arrested for internet luring of a minor and confessed. His best and only option was Krizman Law’s “extreme mitigation” program. That required him to come to grips with the underlying issues that fed his alcoholism and behavior, work to overcome them,...
Child Abuse — Deferred Judgment
While our client was in family court fighting for his parental rights, he was accused of strangling his young daughter during a disciplinary incident. The child abuse charge in Boulder County was devastating to our client. He had always cared about the welfare and...
Denver’s Municipal Sentencing Reform: Join the Fight
Here is your opportunity to take action against criminal INjustice. Call or write your Denver City Council member today and demand they support the Denver Municipal Sentencing Reform Bill. All the details you need are in this toolkit. Last December, the Colorado...
Felony Sexual Assault Reduced to Misdemeanor Charge
Our client was accused of felony sexual assault in Jefferson County, but contended the alleged victim consented. His story and the one provided by the alleged victim were in direct conflict, so Krizman Law prepared to fight it all the way to trial, if necessary. The...
Krizman Law Welcomes New Trial Attorney
Krizman Law is excited to announce the addition of a new Trial Attorney, Anthony Ryan, who has been in the trenches of criminal defense since his first year of law school. While most others in his class were just cracking their books, he worked as a public defender...
Criminal INJustice: The lawyers who battle corporations
Personal injury attorneys play an important role in fighting the INjustice system. If not for them, people injured by corporations and/or fighting an insurance company would be at the mercy of deep-pocketed corporations with armies of lawyers. In this episode, Casey...
Domestic Violence — Deferred Judgment with Early Termination Path
Our client had a real chance of beating a misdemeanor domestic violence charge. The alleged victim was willing to testify on his behalf at trial. But our client was a young professional and entrepreneur in Larimer County with no prior record, and he did not want to...
Drive-By Shooting – Sentence to be Reconsidered
After being struck in the head during a fight, our client, a young man, left and returned to the scene with a gun. He fired several rounds into his attackers’ vehicle, injuring one person. The Denver prosecutors charged him with first-degree assault. By the time our...
Repeat Domestic Violence — Probation Only
When you get a deferred judgment, the second worst thing that can happen is to get charged with the same crime again. And the ultimate worst thing is to be charged only two weeks after the first case. Our client faced a domestic violence charge after having been given...