The Colorado State Supreme Court is currently debating the legal merits of the Child Sexual Abuse Accountability Act. This law would allow victims of sexual misconduct committed between 1960 and 2022 to file a civil suit. Still, its power to look back may violate the...
Sex Crimes
How the state defines date rape
Date rape is a serious crime with potentially severe consequences. While sexual assault or rape can occur anywhere at any time, often it involves an acquaintance, neighbor, classmate, or colleague. It could be a casual acquaintance or someone from an existing or...
Indecent exposure laws in Colorado are severe
The state has been a leading force in the legalization and decriminalization of psychedelic mushrooms. Still, there are many other areas where Colorado is in lockstep with the rest of the country. It includes sexual offenses, such as indecent exposure. Generally...
Why getting consent is essential
The #MeToo movement reached a zeitgeist a few years back, with many famous and influential people paying the social and legal price for their crimes and indiscretions. Nevertheless, more than just famous people get caught in this reckoning. Romantic partners,...
New college students sometimes land in legal trouble
Going away to college is a massive adjustment for students, but your student starts college classes with 12-plus years in school as experience. While new courses may be more demanding, they more or less know how to take notes, study, write papers, and take tests....
The truth about youth who commit sex offenses
Sexually inappropriate behavior by minors must be addressed, but youngsters should be treated differently than adults. Doing so serves the best interests of the child and the community. Adolescents are continually changing, developing and learning, so it should be no...
Sexual consent and its use as a defense
The sexual consent rules mean that partners must consent to sexual activity in all its forms, including touching. No consent before engaging in sexual activity could mean rape or sexual assault. The partners must freely consent each time, respect personal boundaries,...
Colorado court: don’t imply proof of sex crime, just argue your case
All criminal allegations are not equal. Put another way: Some accusations leveled by Colorado police officers and prosecutors come with comparatively heavy consequences. Take sex charges, for example, which we spotlight on our website at the Denver law firm of Shazam...
A sex crime charge is never a trivial matter in Colorado
Are there differences in outcome following a conviction of rape versus one relevant to indecent exposure in Colorado? Of course there are, with the consequences in any criminal case being materially varied dependent on the charges filed, public perception of alleged...
Appeals court issues key Colorado sex offender registry ruling
Here’s a hypothetical we pose today for Colorado readers of our blog posts at the Denver criminal defense law firm of Shazam Kianpour & Associates. To wit: Imagine that you were convicted of a sexual crime and dutifully complied with the sentencing dictates...