Legal Question in Criminal Law in Colorado

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I am an investigator and while performing those duties, one of the suspects thought I was a cop. I am charged with F6 Impersonating A Peace Officer. I have been to trial once-hung jury. Now my new attorney thinks we shouldn't call any witnesses and I shouldn't take the stand. He wants to merely hang them up on prior testimony during cross. Is this a good idea? Last time we have 5 witnesses. The DA is bringing up an incident from 01 where I ''impersonated an attorney''-never convicted of that. In other words, they don't have enough with the charge and thus they are using the prior to build a case out of. I guess I don't know who to trust since in this town everyone is in bed with everyone. In most cases, similar charges or past conviction can't be brought up. So I am concerned and would like some advice. By the way, the DA refused to allow me to prove I am innocent by having a polygraph done by the police.


Asked on 6/29/07, 4:25 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Philip Rosmarin Rosmarin Law Firm

Re: Help

You have an attorney, for better or worse. You need to discuss these questions with him, for better or worse. It would be malpractice to advise you on your case based on a paragraph, when your attorney has a complete file, and you.

If you don't trust your attorney, you can fire him, get a continuance for your trial, and hire another attorney from a different town. I only hope the town you're in, where everyone is in bed with everyone, isn't my town. My wife is gonna kill me.

Good luck.

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Answered on 6/29/07, 4:52 pm


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