As of Today, You’d Still Be a Sex Offender
Jan 26
2015

Posted by: Jacob E. Martinez

Category: Sex Crimes

Sex crimes are among the worst acts that a person can commit against someone else, both for the victim and for the accused. As anyone who has been found guilty of a sex crime can attest, there are few other crimes that come with such a powerful and damaging stigma. Now, some people in Colorado are arguing that much of that shame and stress comes directly from the “sex offender” label itself.

As reported by NBC, the state regulatory board [...]

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Record Sealing and Expungement in Colorado
Jan 20
2015

Posted by: Jacob E. Martinez

Category: Record Sealing & Expungement

Thanks to the internet, it’s now easier than ever to access a criminal record. With a quick search online, a potential employer, landlord, or romantic interest can instantly uncover all the details of any criminal activity in your past, including convictions, charges, and arrests. Upon discovering this information, someone might decide to deny you a job, refuse to rent property to you, decline your request for a loan, or keep you from being accepted into a college.

It doesn’t matter [...]

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What Happens If Your Teen Gets a Minor in Possession Charge?
Jan 14
2015

Posted by: Jacob E. Martinez

Category: Minor in Possession

Your teen is an honors student. She aces all her classes. She’s involved in all kinds of extra-curricular activities. She has an impeccable driving record. You’ve done a great job as a parent.

And then you get the shocking call: your teen has been busted for a minor in possession (MIP). How can this have happened? Where did you go wrong? You know that she’s a good kid, but now it seems like that doesn’t matter. What’s going to happen [...]

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Don’t Succumb to the Lure of Holiday Shoplifting
Jan 7
2015

Posted by: Jacob E. Martinez

Category: Uncategorized

For some, it’s considered the season of giving. For others, it’s the season of shopping. But for as many as one in 11 Americans, it’s also the season of shoplifting.

The world has a serious shoplifting problem as it is—last year alone, it was estimated that retailers lost $112 billion worth of inventory. In America, the shoplifting problem only worsens during the holidays, when research shows that national shoplifting arrests increase nearly nine percent. The struggling economy has had an [...]

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Does Lawsuit Mean Colorado’s Recreational Pot Is in Danger?
Jan 6
2015

Posted by: Jacob E. Martinez

Category: Drug Crimes | Marijuana

Here’s a situation that has happened far too frequently since our state legalized the recreational use of marijuana: A pot “tourist” drives here from a nearby state to partake of Colorado’s recently relaxed laws. While in our state, they sample the wares, enjoy using them, and decide to bring home a few souvenirs.

As they drive home with their legally purchased marijuana, they engage in a minor traffic violation and a police officer pulls them over. Since they weren’t worried [...]

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