Felony Menacing in Colorado: Understanding CRS § 18-3-206
Menacing charges often come out of situations that never involve any actual physical contact — a heated argument, a road rage incident, a confrontation during a custody exchange. Colorado doesn’t require an injury to charge someone with a crime as serious as a felony; it only requires that another person was placed in fear of […]
Colorado Drug Possession Charges: Penalties, Felony Thresholds & Defenses
Colorado treats drug possession very differently depending on the substance and the amount involved. The same conduct — having a small baggie of pills or powder in your pocket — can be anywhere from a low-level misdemeanor to a felony carrying years in prison. If you or someone you love has been arrested for drug […]
How to Seal a Criminal Record in Colorado (What People Call “Expungement”)
Most people searching for how to “expunge” a criminal record in Colorado are actually looking for record sealing — a different, more widely available process. True expungement (physically destroying a record so it no longer exists) is limited almost entirely to juvenile records and underage alcohol offenses. For virtually every adult case, the relevant process, […]
Burglary Charges in Colorado: Degrees, Penalties, and Defenses
Colorado divides burglary into three separate crimes — first, second, and third degree — and the differences between them change a case dramatically. A charge can range from a misdemeanor punishable by months in jail to a serious felony carrying a mandatory prison sentence. Understanding which degree applies, and why, is the first step in […]
Case Result: Reckless Endangerment Charge Dismissed for Lack of Proof
Mile High Legal Case Results By Grant Grosgebauer, Mile High Legal · Last reviewed October 2026 Case Result: A reckless endangerment charge against a law-abiding client, stemming from a legal recreational shooting outing, was dismissed by the district attorney’s office for lack of proof. Not every criminal charge in Colorado comes from obviously criminal conduct. […]
Case Result: Felony Strangulation Charge Dismissed at the Pretrial Readiness Conference
Mile High Legal Case Results By Grant Grosgebauer, Mile High Legal · Last reviewed October 2026 Case Result: A felony strangulation case, pending for well over a year, was dismissed by the district attorney’s office at the pretrial readiness conference. Strangulation charges are among the most serious assault cases in Colorado, and prosecutors tend to […]
Case Result: Harassment Acquittal, Protection Order Dismissal, and a Win at the Permanent Restraining Order Hearing
Mile High Legal Case Results By Grant Grosgebauer, Mile High Legal · Last reviewed October 2026 Case Result: Acquittal at trial on a harassment charge, dismissal of a related protection-order-violation charge, and a win for our client at the permanent protection order hearing. Some cases don’t resolve in a single hearing. One of our recent […]
Colorado Proposition 133: Human Trafficking of a Minor, Current Penalty vs. Proposed Life Sentence
Mile High Legal Resource Center By Grant Grosgebauer, Mile High Legal · Last reviewed October 2026 Part of a 3-part series on Colorado’s 2026 criminal-justice ballot measures. Colorado voters decide three measures that would change criminal law on November 3, 2026. This post compares current law to the proposed change — it is informational only […]
Colorado Proposition 132: Fentanyl Penalties, Current Law vs. the Ballot Measure
Mile High Legal Resource Center By Grant Grosgebauer, Mile High Legal · Last reviewed October 2026 Part of a 3-part series on Colorado’s 2026 criminal-justice ballot measures. Colorado voters decide three measures that would change criminal law on November 3, 2026. This post compares current law to the proposed change — it is informational only […]
Colorado Amendment 81: How Immigration Reporting Could Change for Criminal Charges
Mile High Legal Resource Center By Grant Grosgebauer, Mile High Legal · Last reviewed October 2026 Part of a 3-part series on Colorado’s 2026 criminal-justice ballot measures. Colorado voters decide three measures that would change criminal law on November 3, 2026. This post compares current law to the proposed change — it is informational only […]