Law enforcement charging strangulation at the mere mention of someone's neck being hurt, rather than a true strangulation that warrants a felony charge.
“The problem that we see is in Colorado, often strangulation is charged at the mere mention of someone's neck being hurt.”
“The problem from a criminal defense perspective that we see is oftentimes the police can ask questions and ask things saying, well, so Did you feel any anything touch your neck at all, if a neck is mentioned at all, a lot of the times law enforcement will jump in and charge that as a strangulation. But it's not true to the strangulation that was initially the impetus for charging it as a felony under the Colorado legislative.”
“you need to make sure you have a criminal defense attorney that can parse out what was actually supposed to be charged so that you actually have the justice and the opportunity to fight the charges that you should have been charged with not someone saying well, my neck was involved in some way so automatically, you're facing a felony charge.”
Alexis explains: "The problem from a criminal defense perspective that we see is oftentimes the police can ask questions and ask things saying, well, so Did you feel any anything touch your neck at all, if a neck is mentioned at all, a lot of the times law enforcement will jump in and charge that as a strangulation. But it's not true to the strangulation that was initially the impetus for charging it as a felony under the Colorado legislative."
Answered by Alexis Austin Litle · Watch clip ↗Alexis explains: "you need to make sure you have a criminal defense attorney that can parse out what was actually supposed to be charged so that you actually have the justice and the opportunity to fight the charges that you should have been charged with not someone saying well, my neck was involved in some way so automatically, you're facing a felony charge."
Answered by Alexis Austin Litle · Watch clip ↗Alexis explains: "The problem that we see is in Colorado, often strangulation is charged at the mere mention of someone's neck being hurt."
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