Getting arrested for DUI does not mean you will be convicted. Police misconduct, defective breathalyzers and crime lab mistakes may be enough to get your charges lessened or dismissed. Visit our page on Colorado DUI Laws to learn more.
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Getting arrested for DUI does not mean you will be convicted. Police misconduct, defective breathalyzers and crime lab mistakes may be enough to get your charges lessened or dismissed. Visit our page on Colorado DUI Laws to learn more.
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Under Colorado Revised Statute 18-7-102, promotion of obscenity to a minor is a class 6 felony sex crime. A conviction requires registration as a sex offender as well as:
However, it may be possible to get an obscenity criminal charge reduced or even dismissed with no penalties, as I discuss further down.
Under Colorado law, promoting obscenity to a minor means to make or in any way provide pornography to a minor (a child under 18 years old).2 It does not matter whether the pornography is in material form – such as a photograph or video – or is a performance – such as live theater.
Legally, materials and performances are considered obscene if they:
Certainly, reasonable people can disagree about what qualifies as an obscene performance or material under criminal law. As I explain in the next section, the subjective nature of obscenity is one of the strongest defenses to CRS 18-7-102 charges.
Here at Colorado Legal Defense Group, I have represented literally thousands of people charged with sexual offenses, including promoting pornography to a child. In my experience, the following four defenses can be very effective with prosecutors, judges, and juries.
As a criminal defense attorney, I rely on such evidence as surveillance video, eyewitness accounts, and possibly expert testimony to help craft your defense. The more I can eat away at the D.A.’s case, the more likely they will agree to a substantial charge reduction or dismissal without a jury trial.
For more in-depth information about obscenity laws, refer to the following scholarly articles curated by my team of criminal defense lawyers:
Michael Becker has over a quarter-century's worth of experience as an attorney and more than 100 trials under his belt. He is a sought-after legal commentator and is licensed to practice law in Colorado, Nevada, California, and Florida.