Colorado drivers face significant penalties for any impaired driving charge. Whether drivers face DUI, DWAI or DUID, they risk a hefty fine and the loss of driving privileges. If the Colorado DMV designates you as a "persistent drunk driver" (PDD), though, you might...
Month: June 2019
What group comprises the primary target in criminal drug probes?
Here’s an answer hint to today’s above-posed blog headline query: It’s not the top-end principals in drug cartels or other highly placed figures of organized crime.Rather, it’s what a recent in-depth online overview of U.S. drug probes and arrests terms “small fish.”...
Early and promising feedback on federal sentencing reform law
Early reviews are in on recent federal legislation aimed at criminal sentencing reform. Although somewhat limited in scope, they seem promising.Many readers of our Denver criminal law blogs at Shazam & Associates might likely know a thing or two (or, concededly,...
Colorado enacts host of new criminal law bills
Colorado media outlets widely underscored the importance of a particular day late last month.That was May 28. One news source issued a representative comment that the month’s final Tuesday was a truly “significant day for criminal justice reform in Colorado.”That...
1,708 drivers cited during spring DUI enforcement
It is not uncommon for law enforcement to develop initiatives geared toward a particular traffic violation. Spring 2019 was no different for the Colorado Department of Transportation.During a five-week spring DUI enforcement period, part of the CDOT’s Whole System...
Another CO DUI campaign, another massive arrest count
Regular readers of our blogs at the Denver criminal defense law firm of Shazam Kianpour & Associates know well that drunk driving enforcement crackdowns across the state are hardly a rare occurrence.In fact, they spell a recurrent pattern for Colorado motorists....