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“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”
“other things to be aware of is a domestic violence conviction will result in the permanent restriction of your gun rights whether you have a misdemeanor charge or a felony level charge”
“speaking of felony levels in colorado domestic violence charges also have a compounding effect which means if you are on your fourth conviction for domestic violence or if you're facing a fourth conviction the district attorney can actually file the sentence enhancer as a separate felony charge in other words your fourth conviction for a domestic violence charge in the state of colorado actually rises it to a felony level if you were just facing a misdemeanor you can still be looking at a felony if that is a fourth time that you're coming through the system on a domestic violence charge”
“there are also non-criminal aspects that you need to be aware of if you have a domestic violence conviction it can seriously impact your ability to negotiate for child custody if you're dealing with a child custody battle it can also have serious impacts on your ability to procure housing a lot of different grants and loans won't approve people with a domestic violence conviction even if it's for a misdemeanor level rather than a felony if you're in the military you can also face possibly being chaptered out and a lot of the times we see people who are building up their military career being dishonorably just discharged with a domestic violence conviction”
“i have not seen anyone in the military be able to keep their position and their job once a domestic violence conviction actually enters against them”
“unfortunately if you actually have a domestic violence conviction enter against you those don't go away they can't be expunged or sealed if it's an actual domestic violence conviction that's why it's crucially important when you're looking at domestic violence convictions as a possibility you have to contact an experienced domestic violence attorney to guide you through this process so that you can avoid having that conviction enter permanently on your record at all costs”
“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”
“a domestic violence conviction will result in the permanent restriction of your gun rights whether you have a misdemeanor charge or a felony level charge”
“your fourth conviction for a domestic violence charge in the state of colorado actually rises it to a felony level if you were just facing a misdemeanor you can still be looking at a felony if that is a fourth time that you're coming through the system on a domestic violence charge”
“if you actually have a domestic violence conviction enter against you those don't go away they can't be expunged or sealed if it's an actual domestic violence conviction”
“i have not seen anyone in the military be able to keep their position and their job once a domestic violence conviction actually enters against them”
“that's why it's crucially important when you're looking at domestic violence convictions as a possibility you have to contact an experienced domestic violence attorney to guide you through this process so that you can avoid having that conviction enter permanently on your record at all costs”