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Only one drug felony level in Colorado carries a true mandatory prison sentence. The other three carry presumptive ranges where a judge still has discretion, meaning the defense strategy in a DF2, DF3, or DF4 case looks completely different from that in a DF1 case. At the Law Office of Jacob Martinez, our Denver drug crimes attorney has spent more than a decade in Denver courts, working to achieve better outcomes for clients facing felony drug charges.

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Field drug tests are often treated as if they’re definitive. You’re told the results came back positive, and that’s that. But if you’ve been charged in Colorado based on one of these tests, there’s a good chance the results don’t tell the whole story.

You need a Denver, Colorado drug crimes defense lawyer who’ll ask hard questions, examine the smallest details, and challenge assumptions that prosecutors would rather leave untouched. We take that work seriously at the Law Office of [...]

The prosecution won’t tell you this, but not all evidence holds up in court. An illegal search, a flawed drug test, or even a simple paperwork mistake can make their case fall apart. And when key evidence gets thrown out, so do a lot of drug charges. The legal system isn’t perfect, but that doesn’t mean you have to accept bad evidence being used against you. A good defense starts with challenging everything—how the drugs were found, who handled them, [...]