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Recently, in Wheat Ridge Municipal Court, Mr. Martinez achieved dismissal of all counts in a case involving a physical altercation.  Through investigation, it was revealed that the client was in fact the victim in the altercation – not the perpetrator.  Mr. Martinez presented the fruits of the investigation to the prosecutor, who in turn dismissed the case. Because Mr. Martinez’s client’s case was completely dismissed, the client is eligible to seal all records associated with the case, as if it [...]

Recently, in Golden Municipal Court, Mr. Martinez achieved dismissal of all counts in a case where the client was charged with destruction of property and trespass.  Mr. Martinez successfully argued that the destruction of property count was invalid because the client’s conduct did not satisfy the legal standard of complicity – which, when validly implemented, allows an individual to be convicted for an act another commits when the individual helps plan, execute, or conceal the offense.  Mr. Martinez also successfully [...]

In Jefferson County, Denver DUI attorney Jacob E. Martinez achieved a dismissal of all counts against a local doctor in a DUI case.  Mr. Martinez identified and utilized the defense of involuntary intoxication to achieve dismissal.  Pursuant to Colorado Revised Statutes § 18-1-804(3),(4), “[a] person is not criminally responsible for his conduct if, by reason of intoxication that is not self-induced at the time he acts, he lacks capacity to conform his conduct to the requirements of the law.”  Because [...]

Recently, in Jefferson County Court, domestic violence defense lawyer Jacob E. Martinez achieved dismissal of all charges in a case in which his client had been wrongfully accused of striking and choking his girlfriend.  Though his client maintained his innocence throughout the process, for months the district attorney persisted in offering only a domestic violence conviction.  Such a conviction would have had lifelong consequences for the client, such as a prohibition of his firearms rights, and the lasting stigma associated [...]

In Broomfield County, a client of Mr. Martinez’s was charged with Assault in the Third Degree, with a Domestic Violence enhancer.  A conviction to this type of serious offense can have lifelong consequences, and a Domestic Violence enhancer only worsens those consequences.  It is common for people with similar convictions to be denied jobs, residence, or other opportunities in life.  However, in this case, Mr. Martinez secured an outcome enabling the client to avoid the black mark associated with an [...]