Evidence presented to reduce the severity of a sentence or charge, such as character letters or treatment history.
“So, if you hire an attorney, what we do is we go in we file our entry of appearance letting the court know we're representing you on this matter, and then the court will take that, and send it to a division judge. So, the first appearance center, there are no judges down there, when your attorney enters on the case, we actually move the process along a little faster, so you're not left just hanging waiting around. What normally happens is you have a couple of what are called pre-trial conferences. So at a pre-trial conference, that's an opportunity for your attorney to sit and talk with the district attorney about the facts of the case, the mitigation that they see, what an appropriate plea bargain might be, or if we wanna take this case to trial, what the issues in the case are.”
Right Law Group's guide explains: "Key Findings on Colorado’s Habitual Criminal Law • The law creates two distinct tiers: “Little Habitual” for two prior felonies, which doubles the potential sentence, and “Big Habitual” for three prior felonies, which can triple the sentence."
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a DUI case
knows the law and helps represent you to the best of their ability
helped me get a DUI case dismissed in El Paso county
pulled over in Manitou Springs and accused of a DUI… even though I was completely sober!
They took the time to hear me out, review every detail of my case, and make sure I was never left in the dark
Dismissed at the DMV hearing, and dismissed in court