Colorado orders of protection issued in domestic violence cases are far from trivial things that can be considered casually by individuals subjected to their terms and conditions. We note on our Denver criminal defense website at Shazam Kianpour & Associates that...
Month: May 2018
Memorial Day means DUI checkpoints
Memorial Day often marks the unofficial start of summer. The long weekend also marks of one of Colorado’s biggest DUI enforcement initiatives, The Heat Is On. According to the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), more than 100 agencies across the state...
Breathalyzer tests: What happens if I refuse?
Last week, we told you about the differences between a roadside preliminary breath test (PBT) and an official Breathalyzer/Intoxilyzer test, which typically takes place at the police station following an arrest for drunk driving.Even though we mentioned in this...
Report estimates wrongful conviction percentage among inmates
"I didn't do it."Those words and similarly voiced declarations of innocence are commonly delivered by individuals arrested on criminal charges or incarcerated following a conviction.And they are just as commonly disparaged by many people on the grounds that wrongdoers...
Colorado breath tests: An introduction
One of the most common questions we are asked is whether drivers can get in trouble if they refuse to take a breath test after being pulled over by police. Well, the answer to this question depends on a lot of things, including, but not limited to:WHEN does the...
Stories like this are what throws BAC accuracy into question
Here we go again.A story concerning an important component in the realm of select police/motorist interactions is garnering increasing interest across the country.That it is might reasonably strike many of our readers across Colorado as starkly unsurprising. For,...
Understanding Colorado’s ‘Driving Under Restraint’ laws
If your license has been denied, suspended or revoked for any reason in any state, you can face serious criminal consequences if you choose to get behind the wheel in Colorado.Known as “driving under restraint” (DUR) in the Centennial State, the penalties associated...
National racial profiling case spotlights concept of expungement
It was a pretty big deal last month. If the news somehow escaped your scrutiny, you could be acquainted with the details later this month in the event you find your local Starbucks temporarily closed for company training on a sensitive topic. What happened in early...