Lori Beck

11990 Grant St., Suite 550 Northglenn, CO 80233

Defending Your Rights, Protecting Your Freedom

Legal Defenses

LEGAL DEFENSES AVAILABLE TO CLIENTS


Depending on the crime you are charged with, the specific facts of your case and the evidence available, one or more of the criminal defenses could affect the outcome of your case. 

Obviously, not all defenses are available for all crimes.  For example, self-defense is not a defense to a fraud charge, or a voluntary intoxication defense is not available for a violent crime.


Below are some of the available legal defenses available to clients charged with crimes in Colorado.

  • Self-defense or mutual combat
  • Defense of others
  • Defense of property
  • Heat of passion (partial defense)
  • Falsely accused
  • Accident
  • Lack of Intent
  • Duress
  • You did not possess a weapon,
  • Legally justified to prevent public or private harm.
  • Constitutional Violations
  • Alibi
  • Statute of Limitations
  • Police Misconduct
  • Insufficient Evidence
  • Coerced confession
  • Double Jeopardy
  • Entrapment
  • Mistaken Identity
  • Mistaken Fact
  • False accusations
  • Unlawful Search and Seizure
  • Lack of Possession/Ownership
  • Defective Lab Results
  • Insanity
  • Parental Discipline of a child
  • Missing Evidence
  • You were lawfully on the Property/Didn’t know you were unlawfully on property


Our job is to find evidence that creates reasonable doubt that you committed a crime. Beck Law uses every resource available in order to do this. We have been very successful in either reducing the charges against our clients or having a jury find them not guilty.  That is why you need to contact Beck Law.