Third Degree Assault defense in Jefferson County, Colorado

Third Degree Assault cases in Jefferson County are handled by the Jefferson County Combined Court, which sits in the 1st Judicial District. As a combined court, it hears both county-court and district-court matters.

Third Degree Assault charges in Jefferson County are prosecuted by the 1st Judicial District Attorney's Office, the elected District Attorney for the 1st Judicial District.

Jefferson County falls within the 1st Judicial District, and Third Degree Assault cases there are heard in the Jefferson County Combined Court.

Alexis explains: "Misdemeanor assault is going to be pretty minor injuries. So, the the most common charge we see when it comes to assault in the third degree, a class one misdemeanor, is knowingly or recklessly causing bodily injury to another. Bodily injury in Colorado can be anything from a scrape, a cut to somebody just saying, "I felt pain." That would be an example would be if you punch somebody in the face and they get a scratch. That's going to be assault in the third degree."

Alexis explains: "So for strangulation to be actually charged under the Criminal Code, there has to be that underlying assault. But then the act that is done has to be an act. Sometimes people say choking, but it's actually strangling putting your hands around another person or causing something to cut off airflow to another person."

Alexis explains: "What's crucially important is that if you find yourself unfortunately charged with a strangulation, you need to have a criminal defense attorney that can dig in and determine whether it is actually rising to that level of strangulation to warrant a felony charge. Or whether this is a third degree assault or even a harassment that was wrongly charged because someone gave a keyword like neck."

Right Law Group's guide explains: "The crime is a Class 1 misdemeanor with an extraordinary risk that attracts, at maximum, a sentence of 18 months in jail and/or a maximum fine of $1,000."

Alexis explains: "you need to make sure you have a criminal defense attorney that can parse out what was actually supposed to be charged so that you actually have the justice and the opportunity to fight the charges that you should have been charged with not someone saying well, my neck was involved in some way so automatically, you're facing a felony charge."