How Are Colorado Drug Cases Prosecuted? Denver Defense Lawyer

Penalties for drug crimes can be very severe in Colorado. Drug charges are based upon:

• Quantity
• Intent to sell or distribute
• Evidence of sales activity
• Weapons possession or use
• Having large amounts of money
• Classification under the drug schedule
• Purpose of the possession (personal use or for sale)

Unlike other jurisdictions, in Colorado any amount of cocaine possession is a felony. What this means is that District Attorneys will charge even small (user) quantities as a felony. People who possess certain drugs such as cocaine for personal use can face possible felony conviction.

COCAINE POSSESSION AND SALE CASES TREATED HARSHLY IN DENVER, ARAPAHOE, DOUGLAS, JEFFERSON, AND ADAMS COUNTIES

METHAMPHETAMINE POSSESSION AND SALE CASES TREATED HARSHLY IN DENVER, ARAPAHOE, DOUGLAS, JEFFERSON, AND ADAMS COUNTIES

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To discuss your drug case with me, defense lawyer Andres Guevara, call 888-265-0044 or fill out the contact form below. My law office is in Denver.

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• People v. M.K. (2011): Client charged with felony stalking and violations of orders of protection. Client acquitted of all counts.
• Araphoe County Attempted Murder trial, client accused of attempting to kill four individuals. Client acquitted of felony charges including all counts of Attempted Murder and client released.
• P. v. MM (2010): Arapahoe county case involving innocent client mistakenly charged with drug sale. Successfully argued for dismissal of case.
• P. v. C.B. (2010): Felony drug possession case. Successfully argued for suppression of drug evidence in case where police illegally entered an apartment under the pretense of conducting a child welfare check. Case dismissed.
• P. v. I (2010): Client charged with inciting a prison riot and faced long mandatory prison if convicted. Successfully negotiated plea for probation.
• P. v. B-G (2009): Arapahoe County felony case in which client was passenger in vehicle containing over 200 grams of cocaine. Over prosecution's objections, and despite the fact that a co-defendant received a two-year prison sentence, successfully argued to the judge for a sentence of probation.
• P. v. J. (2009): Felony identity theft case in Arapahoe County. Client wrongly accused of being involved in a scheme to defraud when in actuality client was a victim of the same scheme. Case dismissed.
• P. v. E. (2009): Client falsely accused by third party of illegal weapons possession of a sawed-off shotgun. Case dismissed after attorney investigation into accuser's background and the allegations.
• P. v. O (2009): Client charged as look-out for alleged felony cocaine drug sales. Case dismissed.
• P. v. C. (2008): Client accused of public indecency for changing clothes in a secluded part of a park. If convicted, client would have had to register as a sex offender. Client acquitted at trial of all counts.

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