Areas we cover
Aurora criminal defense
A city that sits across three counties, which means the same street can put your case in two different districts.
How a case runs in Aurora
Aurora is split across Arapahoe, Adams and Douglas counties. Where the alleged offense happened decides which district attorney files it, and the practice, plea policies and diversion options differ meaningfully between the Eighteenth and Seventeenth Judicial Districts.
We check the jurisdictional line first in every Aurora case. It is not a technicality: the same conduct can attract a different filing decision and a different set of available outcomes depending on which side of a county boundary it occurred.
Aurora Municipal Court also handles a substantial volume of lower level offenses under the city code, and a municipal conviction carries its own consequences for immigration status and for licensing that clients are rarely warned about.
Three things specific to Aurora
- Arapahoe County cases are heard at the Justice Center in Centennial, fifteen minutes from our Centennial office.
- Adams County cases go to the Adams County Justice Center in Brighton, a longer drive and a different plea culture.
- Aurora Municipal Court on East Alameda handles city code matters with its own prosecutors.
What we defend in Aurora
- 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
Nearby areas
If any of this is happening to you, the first conversation is free and it is with an attorney.
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