By H. Michael Steinberg Colorado Sex Crimes Criminal Defense Lawyer – Attorney False Report Of Rape – Sexual Assault- This One Charged With False Reporting- I recently wrote an article asking why more alleged “victims” who have lied in order to bring charges are not themselves charged with false reporting or even perjury. In Connecticut a District Attorney had no choice – because of the statements of Nikki Yovino – a student at Sacred Heart … Read The Rest

2016 Colorado Incompetency Evaluations In Sex Crime Felonies Must Now Be Video Taped By H. Michael Steinberg Colorado Sex Crimes Criminal Defense Lawyer. _______________________ 2016 Colorado Incompetency Evaluations In Sex Crime Felonies Must Now Be Video Taped 2016 Colorado Incompetency Evaluations In Sex Crime Felonies Must Now Be Video Taped – On occasion a Colorado criminal defense lawyer may believe, based on that lawyer’s experience and knowledge base, that his client is no competent to … Read The Rest

By H. Michael Steinberg Colorado Sex Crimes Defense Lawyer Colorado Criminal Sex Crimes Law – Denial While On Probation And Implications For Sex Offender Probation Violations And Re-Sentencing – Recently (2016) a man in Colorado Springs was sentenced to 10 years to life on Colorado Sex Offender Intensive Supervision Probation (SOISP). While the plea agreement kept him out of prison after pleading guilty to molesting a child, he refused to admit much of what the … Read The Rest

By H Michael Steinberg Colorado Sex Crimes Criminal Defense Lawyer _________________ Colorado Criminal Law – Can I Tell The Jury I Offered To Take A Polygraph – Lie Detector Test? Colorado Criminal Law – Can I Tell The Jury I Offered To Take A Polygraph – Lie Detector Test? – One of the most frequent questions I receive as a Colorado criminal defense lawyer is the question from my clients that pertains to the idea … Read The Rest

The importance of preventing a witness to testify that another witness was telling the truth – cannot be understated. In this case the defendant argued that the trial court erred in permitting a child’s mother to essentially testify that J.K. was not lying when J.K. first reported that defendant had sexually assaulted her. The rule is this  “A witness may not opine with respect to whether another person was telling the truth on a specific occasion.” The Court … Read The Rest

Colorado Criminal Law – Defense Based Investigation – Retaining An Investigator – A Guidebook By H. Michael Steinberg Colorado Sex Crimes Criminal Defense Lawyer Colorado Criminal Law – Defense Based Investigation – Retaining An Investigator – A Guidebook The Meaning Of “Vestigare” The word vestigare is from the Latin word for tracking or tracing evidence. In defending a criminal case – a thorough investigation can make the difference between winning – losing – or a … Read The Rest

By H. Michael Steinberg – Colorado Sex Crimes Criminal Defense Lawyer – Attorney Does A Colorado Criminal Defendant Have A Right To Search The Alleged Victim’s Home For Evidence Of Innocence? In 2015 the Colorado Court of Appeals answered this question – yes but it’s “complicated.” In the case of People in the Interest of E.G., 2015COA18 (decided February 26, 2015), a juvenile charged with a sex crime demanded to search the so called “scene … Read The Rest

By H. Michael Steinberg – Colorado Sex Crimes – Revenge Porn – Criminal Defense Lawyer Quietly – and thankfully – the Colorado State Legislature passed a new law this year (2014) permitting the sealing of a conviction for Colorado Revenge Porn. What Exactly Are The Colorado Criminal Revenge Porn Laws? Colorado’s revenge porn laws (effective July 1, 2014) are found at 18-7-107 & 108 of the Colorado Revised Statutes. While several other states have revenge … 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 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

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 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

One of the most difficult aspects of Colorado Sex Offender Probation is making it all of the way through therapy.  If a Colorado Criminal Defense Lawyer successfully negotiates a deferred judgement and sentence, (which ends in a dismissal of the case if there is a successful completion of the requirements of the deferred judgement), the completion of the regimen of sex offender treatment requires enough time. Colorado Sex Offender Probation Rules For Colorado Felony Sex … Read The Rest

Introduction – Like shooting fish in a barrell – several Colorado counties have ramped up their efforts to investigate and prosecute those downloading child pornography.  With penalties from life in prison, to multiple years in the Department of Corrections, – with consequences such as lifetime registration as a sex offender and literally years of “treatment” for convicted sex offenders – this story is too important to ignore. I have prosecuted and defended dozens of these … Read The Rest