Colorado statute prohibits contact between a sex offender and their own child. However, in United States v. Burns, a 2014 U.S. District Court case in Colorado, the Court ruled that a parent has a constitutional right to maintain parental association with a child, and that right can only be limited by compelling circumstances. A compelling…
Good afternoon, everyone. This is Douglas Cohen with Peak Legal Services with another Friday update. I’m here today at the Arapahoe County Courthouse and I’m happy to announce that I just received a deferred judgment in sentence for my client in a very, very serious sex offense case. He was facing the potential of lifetime,…
When cases like the Jeffrey Epstein sex crimes case are in the news, my job as a defense attorney becomes more important than ever. I used to be a prosecutor in SVU (sex crimes and sex abuse units). I now defend people charged with those and other crimes. Every person charged with a crime in…
