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Arvada criminal defense
Another split city. Olde Town and the Ralston corridor can sit in different districts.
How a case runs in Arvada
Arvada straddles the Jefferson and Adams county line. Cases from the western and central parts of the city are usually filed in the First Judicial District at Golden; the eastern edge can fall to the Seventeenth at Brighton.
Arvada Municipal Court handles a large share of the city's lower level cases under the municipal code. A municipal disposition can look like a small outcome and still block a later sealing application, so the trade has to be understood before it is made.
The Olde Town district and the Ralston Road corridor generate most of the city's alcohol related filings, particularly on weekend nights.
Three things specific to Arvada
- Arvada Municipal Court on Ralston Road handles city code offenses with its own prosecutor's office.
- The county line runs roughly along Sheridan Boulevard in parts of the city; the incident location controls.
- Jefferson County's diversion programme is available to many Arvada first offenses.
What we defend in Arvada
- DUI and DWAIClass 1 misdemeanor up to a class 4 felony on a fourth offense
- Drug chargesLevel 2 drug misdemeanor up to a level 1 drug felony
- Assault and menacingClass 1 misdemeanor up to a class 3 felony, often as a crime of violence
- Theft and propertyPetty offense up to a class 2 felony, purely by dollar value
- White collarClass 1 misdemeanor up to a class 2 felony, with parallel regulatory exposure
- Federal chargesUnited States District Court for the District of Colorado
- Traffic and vehicularTraffic infraction up to a class 3 felony
- Juvenile casesDelinquency petitions in Denver Juvenile Court and the surrounding districts
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