We have all hear the terrible stories of people who are convicted of a crime. Their criminal history damages their reputation so severely that they struggle to complete even basic life tasks -- and not necessarily because of their inability to get them done. It is...
Month: October 2015
What are some of the DUI penalties in Colorado?
When someone is accused of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, there is a lot on the line for that accused person. There are so many penalties that they face, and there are also indirect consequences related to their alleged crime. They may not be able to...
If you refuse a breath test, what will happen?
Some people may think that an ingenious strategy to avoid giving a police officer your blood alcohol levels is to refuse the breath test. Such a simple denial must be a good strategy for getting off the hook of a DUI, right? Well, actually, that isn't the case. Sure,...
The young and the reckless
Denver's KMGH recently aired a report that claimed that 1 in 4 teenagers say they are willing to ride in a car driven by someone who has been drinking. One in 3 teens say they have ridden with a drunken driver in the past year.According to a survey taken by Mothers...
Scary thoughts for Halloween
Halloween used to be all about how much candy kids could get as they went from house to house in Denver neighborhoods. But times and parents have changed. Halloween is more of a young adult event today than a kid’s holiday.In fact, the three biggest drinking days of...
Avalanche hits early
The snow season has not started in Aspen, but an avalanche has already hit nearby Snowmass Village. As you might recall, city councilman Chris Jacobson was arrested for drunken driving this past summer. Following the arrest, Jacobson was captured on surveillance video...
Colorado State Patrol: Zero tolerance this weekend
Colorado's Fall Festival enforcement period is one of the longest of the year, running from mid-September through Monday, Oct. 26. The State Patrol said yesterday that it is going to ramp up enforcement this weekend with two goals: zero fatalities and zero tolerance...
Streaming a DUI?
On the Periscope website, the company says its app allows users to discover "the world through someone else's eyes." The application allows people to share with the world (or their friends) live video of whatever they're doing, from hot air ballooning to mountain...
DUID: Not what the doctor ordered
It can begin with something as innocent and painful as a sprained ankle. Every time you take a step, you wince. Simple tasks are made difficult. The solution is simple: you ask your doctor for medication to keep the pain under control. He or she obliges -- and that's...
Part II: Can prosecutors try to use “junk science” in your DUI case?
As regular readers know, we wrote about retrograde extrapolation in our previous post. It's a questionable bit of "science" that Denver-area prosecutors will sometimes use to try to argue that a person was drunk at the time of a car accident, even though no...