By H. Michael Steinberg Colorado Sex Crimes Criminal Defense Lawyer Colorado Criminal Lawyer Series – Statute Of Limitations For Indecent Exposure 18-7-302 – The confusion surrounding Colorado “sex crimes laws” includes the question – recently answered by the Colorado Court of Appeals – of which statute of limitations applies to this misdemeanor crime of Indecent Exposure? The answer is simple – while indecent exposure is technically a sex crime under Colorado law. The time bar … Read The Rest

By H. Michael Steinberg Colorado Sex Crimes Criminal Defense Lawyer – Email The Author At [email protected] 2014 Colorado Passes Two New Criminal Laws Punishing “Revenge Porn” 18-7-108 and 18-7-107 – In a path breaking move – Colorado enacted a new law effective for crimes occurring on or after July 1, 2014, that punishes individuals for publishing “revenge porn” either for money or for – yes – revenge. The important aspect of this crime is that … Read The Rest

by H. Michael Steinberg – Colorado Sex Crimes Criminal Defense Lawyer. Quietly – the Colorado state legislature – unhappy with the fact that Colorado judge’s may have some discretion setting the bottom – or minimum sentence in Lifetime Indeterminate Sentencing Cases – passed HB – 14-1260. Entitled: – HB 14-1260: Adjusting Presumptive Ranges for Sexual Intrusion Crimes Against Children 12 and Under When Perpetrator is At Least 10 Years Older – The new law mandates … Read The Rest

by H. Michael Steinberg Colorado Sex Crimes Sex Offender Registration Law Attorney Questions And Answers About The Wrongheadedness of Colorado’s Sex Offender Registration Laws – After many years of experience with Colorado’s Sex Offender Registration Laws – convicted sex offenders and even those impacted secondarily by these laws experience both serious and negative consequences the implementation of the law’s requirements. Some of those problems include – innocent families that have been harassed, the victims of … Read The Rest

By H. Michael Steinberg Denver Colorado Sex Crimes Criminal Defense Lawyer Email the Author at [email protected] Colorado Sex Offender Treatment System SOMB Comes Under Fire In 2014 – This year – 2014 – the Colorado state legislature commissioned a study by Dr. Deirdre D’Orazio, Dr. Anthony Beech and Dr. David Thornton (Central Coast Clinical and Forensic Psychology Services) to scrutinize the Colorado SOMB Sex Offender Management Board standards that have so unfairly impacted so many lives … Read The Rest

by H. Michael Steinberg – Colorado Sex Crimes Criminal Defense Lawyer – Email The Author: [email protected] Colorado Sex Offender SOMB Standards Finally Reject No Known Cure Approach Colorado Sex Offender SOMB Standards Finally Reject No Known Cure Approach –  In May 2013 there was finally action taken by the Colorado Sex Offender Management Board to remove the “No Known Cure” language used by the SOMB in their Standards and Guidelines. As I wrote many years … Read The Rest

By H. Michael Steinberg  – Colorado Sex Crimes Sex Assault Criminal Defense Lawyer The High Cost Of Political Correctness In The Colorado Criminal Justice System New Denver Colorado Sexual Assault Response “Protocols” Victims Are Believed No Matter What Under New Denver Colorado Sexual Assault Response “Protocols” Victims Are Believed No Matter What – No longer satisfied with the term “victim” – alleged victims of sexual assault now ware called the more politically correct, “survivor.”  The new … Read The Rest

False Allegations In Colorado Springs Sex Assault Case – Case Dismissed By H. Michael Steinberg Colorado Sex Crimes Criminal Defense Lawyer – Attorney False Allegations In Colorado Springs Sex Assault Case False allegations and charges of sexual assault are more common than in Colorado than one might think. This fact was proven once again in El Paso County District Court – Colorado Springs, Colorado, The El Paso County District Attorney was required to dismiss sexual … Read The Rest

Colorado False Allegation Sexual Assault Cases By H. Michael Steinberg – Colorado Sex Crimes Criminal Defense Lawyer – Attorney The Next New Thing In False Allegation Sexual Assault Cases will be experts testifying on the government payroll that the reason the alleged victim of a sexual assault “appears” to be lying is the result of her brain malfunctioning after the alleged crime occurs. False Allegations Or Lack Of Cooperation Explained Coming soon to a sexual … Read The Rest

By H. Michael Steinberg Colorado Sexual Assault Criminal Defense Lawyer – Attorney Alleged Sexual Crime Witnesses’s Prior Juvenile Adjudications Alleged Sexual Crime Witnesses’s Prior Juvenile Adjudications – In the case of  People v. Corson announced on  January 17, 2013 by the Colorado Court of Appeals, the non disclosure of a prior juvenile adjudication (conviction) by the State of Colorado lead to the Court sending a plea agreement back to the lower court for reconsideration of … Read The Rest

Colorado Social Services Records and Sex Crimes Defense Law By Colorado Sex Crimes Defense Lawyer – H. Michael Steinberg Colorado Social Services Records and Sex Crimes Defense Law – In a recent 2013 case handed down from the Colorado Court of Appeals – a Sexual Assault case was reversed because of a failure of the judge to permit the parties to access social service records pertaining to the prior alleged abuse of the victims in … Read The Rest

Colorado Internet Luring Conviction – 18-3-306 by Colorado Internet Sex Crimes Criminal Defense Lawyer – H. Michael Steinberg The Crime of Colorado Internet Luring under 18-3-306 requires an mandatory indeterminate life sentence and is considered by many Colorado criminal defense lawyers – whose clients are the victims of out of control police and sheriff’s departments in Colorado managing wide ranging and well funded “sting” operations intent on targeting what may be individuals who are swept … Read The Rest

Colorado Sex Offender Intensive Supervision Probation – SOISP Colorado Sex Offender Intensive Supervision Probation – SOISP By Colorado Sex Crimes Criminal Defense Lawyer – H. Michael Steinberg Colorado Sex Offender Intensive Supervision Probation was addressed in a 2013 Colorado Court of Appeals decision which ruled that a mandatory intensive Supervision Probation sentence under the Colorado Sex Offender Lifetime Supervision Act (Act) – CANNOT be converted by the judge – in a Rule 35 b Motion for Reconsideration … Read The Rest

by Colorado Sex Offender Failure To Register Defense Lawyer – H. Michael Steinberg In a recent Colorado case – People v Lorenzo Brooks – the defendant’s conviction for failure to register as a sex offender was overturned because his out of state Texas conviction had no Colorado sex crime equivalent Colorado Failure To Register Laws The Colorado court of appeals concluded that Brooks was not required to register as a sex offender in Colorado and should not … Read The Rest

Colorado Sexual Exploitation – Child Pornography Lawyer Federal money has made its way into the coffers of Colorado district attorney’s offices to locate and prosecute even the most naive of Internet pornography participants. No one questions the need to protect children exploited all over the world in ways that make all of us angry to the point of aggression – but in the sweep of massive “sting” operations such as Douglas County’s most recent press … Read The Rest