Our client’s son faced a serious moving violation, careless driving, because of false allegations made by a driver who had clipped their car while they merged onto I-225 at Parker Road in Aurora. Father and son were unable to convince the investigating officer that...
Criminal Case Results
Child Abuse Causing Injury – Immigration-Safe Deferred Judgment
Our client was a hardworking single mother and widow raising her children on her own. One Sunday morning, she and her teenage daughter argued about skipping church and school. The daughter clawed at her mother and our client snapped: She struck her with a phone...
Animal Neglect – Dismissed Through Deferred Prosecution
Our client and his date went for a summer hike, then stopped in Old Town Westminster for lunch. They left their dogs in the car during a hot July afternoon. A concerned bystander called police, who broke the car window to free the animals. The client was charged with...
Unauthorized Firearm Possession Case Dismissed
Police found a gun, owned by our client’s wife, in the console of his truck after stopping him outside a truck rally where drinking and reckless gun use were rampant. The police encountered him outside his truck, not in the driver’s seat. Because he had been drinking,...
Attempted First-Degree Murder – Reduced to Youth Offender Sentence
Our 18-year-old client made a life-altering mistake and faced a 20-year sentence. Krizman Law was able to keep him out of prison. Our client and a friend decided to rob a vape store. Wearing masks and carrying guns, they entered the shop, but the plan went awry. The...
Attempted First-Degree Murder – Felony Deferred Judgment With Probation
Our client was charged with attempted first-degree murder after becoming entangled in a conflict between a friend and the friend’s business associates. He accompanied his friend to what he believed would be a tense but manageable meeting, but was ambushed by a group...
First-Degree Murder – Sentence Reduced From Life Without Parole to 12 Years
Our client was charged with first-degree murder, first-degree assault, and other offenses after trying to rescue friends from a chaotic all-night party. He was not present at the party, but had been called by a friend to pick him and a young woman up. When he arrived,...
Felony Strangulation, Domestic Violence – Dismissed
This was a domestic violence case where the police were called to a house shared by a man and woman. The woman claimed that the man was hurting her, and she fought back in order to defend herself. The woman initially contacted us, but since the man was the one...
Domestic Violence – Dismissed and Record Sealed
Our client is an elderly man with multiple sclerosis who was generously providing shelter to a woman he was not related to. Due to his chronic illness and a car accident in the past, the man relies on a walker and, occasionally, uses crutches to get around inside his...
Felony Assault – Diversion and Restitution
The client in this case was homeless and has schizophrenia. When he’s in Colorado, he lives in the city of Denver, but at night, he goes to Arapahoe County so he can sleep because he feels like people (real or perceived) chase him. As he was going to the park at night...
Felony Criminal Mischief Reduced to Deferred Judgment
Our client was charged in a road rage incident that occurred in a parking garage. While leaving an Avalanche hockey game, our client was cut off by another driver who ended up crashing his car into our client's car. An altercation followed, where both parties got out...
Municipal Domestic Violence – Dismissed
Our client was a female victim of domestic violence who called the police and wound up being arrested instead of her abuser. As a result of Krizman Law’s investigation and representation, she was cleared, her abuser was charged with a felony, and the police performed...
Felony Second Degree Assault – Deferred Judgment
Our client was charged with a felony second-degree assault / domestic violence. During our legal discovery, and upon meeting with the client, it was very clear that alcohol was the source of the problem. Krizman Law was not only able to help with the legal case, but...
Careless Driving Involving Injury – reduced to two-point violation
Our client was charged with careless driving involving injury after his vehicle collided with a construction truck at the Eisenhower Tunnel during bad weather. A passenger in the client's vehicle was severely injured. Krizman Law typically does not take on traffic...
DUI – Case Dismissed, Record Sealed, Driver’s License Reinstated
Our client was charged with a DUI in rural Southwestern Colorado. The problem was: our client was not arrested, had not committed a DUI, and hadn’t been driving in rural Southwestern Colorado at all. A completely different person with the exact same name was. To make...