A mandatory component of a probation sentence for a domestic violence conviction in Colorado.
“let's talk about possible penalties or collateral consequences of having a dv conviction now as we've talked about in other videos domestic violence is actually a sentence enhancer so when you're looking at criminal charges initially your underlying criminal charge so let's say you have an assault charged as a domestic violence offense that underlying assault is going to carry the penalties regarding how much jail time you could be facing but domestic violence sentence enhancers in and of themselves carry significant consequences that are in addition to what we would think as the normal underlying criminal charge for example you could be ordered to complete domestic violence treatment if you are convicted and in colorado domestic violence treatment is a mandatory component of a probation sentence you'll also have to deal with a mandatory protection order that's issued which we discuss in other videos more in depth”