Areas we cover
Glendale criminal defense
A square mile surrounded by Denver, with its own police department and its own municipal court.
How a case runs in Glendale
Glendale is an enclave inside Denver with its own police force, its own municipal court and its own prosecutors. A stop on Colorado Boulevard can land in a completely different system from an identical stop two blocks away.
The city's entertainment district produces a high volume of alcohol related and disorderly conduct filings, many of them municipal rather than state. Municipal outcomes are quicker and can be cheaper, but they carry sealing consequences that are rarely explained at the counter.
State level offenses arising in Glendale are filed in the Eighteenth Judicial District and heard at the Justice Center in Centennial.
Three things specific to Glendale
- Glendale Municipal Court sits on South Birch Street and runs its own docket.
- A municipal plea can block a later record sealing application; check before agreeing to one.
- Felony filings go to Arapahoe County, not Denver, despite the geography.
What we defend in Glendale
- 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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