Colorado Expungement and Record Sealing: FAQs
Jul 3
2019

Posted by: Jacob E. Martinez

Category: Expungement / Criminal Record Sealing

One of the most severe consequences of a run-in with the law follows you long after your sentence is complete: living with a criminal record.

A criminal record is not only embarrassing, but also compromises many aspects of your life, including employment, higher education and even housing applications. In many ways, a criminal record encourages former offenders to turn to crime just to make a living.

Fortunately, it may be possible to have your criminal record sealed or expunged. While, [...]

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Old Marijuana Convictions: CO Criminal Lawyers Pushing to Erase Them
Apr 10
2019

Posted by: Jacob E. Martinez

Category: Drug Crimes | Expungement / Criminal Record Sealing | Marijuana

Last month, the city of Denver hosted its first free legal clinic designed to help Coloradans with old drug convictions to have their records expunged according to new legislation.

In 2017 (three years after Amendment 64 was passed, and one year after it went into effect), additional legislation was passed in an effort to offer some reparative justice to those previously convicted of low-level drug crimes that would be considered legal under current law.

If you currently have an old [...]

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Do You Have a Colorado Criminal Record?
Jan 17
2019

Posted by: Jacob E. Martinez

Category: Expungement / Criminal Record Sealing

If you are seeking employment, a new apartment or home, or if you need to get a loan, there’s a very high likelihood that the people in charge of deciding whether or not you’ll get what you want are going to do a background check on you.

Why should you care?

Because background checks contain all kinds of important information about you. Personal information. Employment information. Financial information.

They also bring up your criminal record.

No big deal, though, right? [...]

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A Criminal Record Can Destroy Your Life — Can You Get Yours Sealed?
Aug 15
2017

Posted by: Jacob E. Martinez

Category: Expungement / Criminal Record Sealing

Do you want your criminal record to follow you around for the rest of your life? Be accessed by the public? Ruin your chances of a normal professional and personal life?

If your answer to these questions is no, then you should contact an experienced Colorado criminal defense attorney to find out if your criminal record is eligible to be sealed or expunged. Not every record qualifies, but it’s worth pursuing so you might finally be able to put [...]

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What to Know about Expunging Juvenile Records in Colorado
Jul 3
2017

Posted by: Jacob E. Martinez

Category: Expungement / Criminal Record Sealing | Juvenile Crimes

Everyone makes mistakes. Especially when we’re young, figuring out who we are and learning about the world. What no one wants is the mistakes of their wayward youth to follow them around when they become adults.

That’s why a bill that Governor John Hickenlooper signed in May is so important.

Co-sponsored by state Representative Pete Lee, D-Colorado Springs, and state Senator John Cooke, R-Weld County, the bill makes it easier for juveniles to have their criminal records expunged for certain [...]

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