A recent Colorado Court of Appeals case involving Kilo the drug sniffing dog held that a dog’s alert alone does not establish the Probable Cause necessary to conduct the search of a vehicle occupied by individuals 21 years of age or older. Under Amendment 64 of the Colorado Constitution, it…
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Utah Governor Signs Bill to Lower BAC to .05. Will Colorado Follow?
Governor Herbert in Utah just signed a bill to lower Utah’s BAC threshold for DUI offenses from .08 to .05. Utah will be the first state to lower their BAC to this level when the law takes effect in 2018. It’s noteworthy that Utah was also the first state to…
Marijuana and Probation in Colorado
Colorado statute 18-1.3-204 provides that medical Marijuana users shall not be prohibited from possessing or using medical Marijuana while on probation. It appears that this is welcome news for medical Marijuana users. However, a closer look at the statute reflects two major exceptions to this groundbreaking law. One of the…
Feds won’t challenge Colorado Marijuana laws.
CNN reports that the Federal Government won’t challenge Colorado’s marijuana legalization laws and will instead focus on serious traffic cases and preventing children from being exposed to the drug. Marijuana is still illegal under federal law. It’s listed under the Federal Controlled Substances Act as a Schedule 1 drug. CBS…