When you're pulled over for the first time for drunk driving, it can be intimidating. It's a new experience and you may be unsure what to do to save yourself from harsh fines and sentencing. For this reason, you may in the moment consider refusing to take any kind of...
Year: 2018
Successive Colorado DUI campaigns yield huge arrest numbers
Fall Festivals reasonably enough sounds like a pleasant and entertaining event, doesn’t it? Something along the lines of a Colorado music extravaganza, perhaps, or a shared wine-tasting experience. Some people might envision an organized caravan of cars out on state...
What does a DWAI mean for you?
Most drivers are familiar with a DUI – driving under the influence. A driving while ability impaired (DWAI) charge is less known and, to most people, it sounds like another way to describe a DUI.However, this charge does differ from a DUI in many ways, and anyone...
Is DUID more dangerous than DUI?
Everyone knows that driving under the influence of alcohol is illegal, but when it comes to driving under the influence of drugs, the lines get a little fuzzy. There are many forms of drugs, including prescription, over-the-counter and illegal drugs that one may need...
Colorado hit-and-run: What charges will you face?
You’re in the parking lot, backing out of a spot when you bump into a parked car behind you. It was a light tap, so you expect there to be little, or no, damage to the other vehicle and decide not to wait for the owner, so you head home. This is a pretty common...
Where does fairness reside re the criminal charging of teenagers?
Criminal law is a legal realm that is perhaps unparalleled for its complexities and open-ended questions. One of those queries is this: Should adolescent offenders in their teen years be criminally charged in the same fashion as older suspects? Should there simply be...
Halloween period brings amped-up police presence on Colorado roads
Varied meteorology reports for this week converge closely in their view that Denver and surrounding environs will be A-OK for trick-or-treaters on Halloween this Wednesday. Weather pundits are calling for highs in the 50s and clear skies. That should be a prime...
Texting drivers or deer? Which are more dangerous for motorists?
During a recent community meeting held in Fort Morgan, the Colorado State Patrol (CSP) presented some very interesting crash statistics for all of northeast Colorado.Specifically, the CSP outlined the various causes of the 4,009 total motor vehicle accidents they...
Federal sentencing spotlight: reform on horizon in some drug cases?
We duly note on a page of our website at the tenured Denver criminal defense law firm of Shazam Kianpour & Associates that the federal legal system involves an “ever-present risk.” Actually, readers delving into our site will readily see that the American justice...
Even first-time DUI offenders can get jail time
In Colorado, the punishment for driving under the influence (DUI) can be quite severe, even if it is your first offense. In fact, DUI penalties for first-time offenders may include a fine, license revocation, community service, probation and the possible installation...