It’s not always immediately clear. That is a safely couched threshold answer to the above-posed headline query leading off today’s blog post. Indeed, a self-defense-or-assault determination can often be a challenging and difficult call to make for law enforcers and...
What might happen if that police interaction gets a bit heated?
Let’s take a quick introductory look in today’s Shazam Kianpour & Associates blog post at a police/citizen interaction that gets somewhat volatile. We’ll examine that exchange from the perspective of both an arrested individual and a Colorado prosecutor.Imagine...
Should sexual assault statutes of limitations be removed?
Over the last few years, accusations and charges of sexual assault have become more public and robustly reported in the media. Lately, states have been considering potential changes to their statute of limitations laws. A statute of limitations refers to the maximum...
Considerations, answers surrounding Colorado’s varied assault laws
Facts matter.Proven defense attorneys know that. They especially appreciate that parsing out "what really happened" concerning a client's criminal charge is critically important when a matter is inherently complex.As assault charges often are. Indeed, the realm of...
