subject: Denver Teen Charged As Adult In Vehicuar Homicide - Denver, Colorado [print this page] The Denver Post is reporting on its website that the Denver County Office of the District Attorney is charging a 17 year old juvenile as an adult in the deaths of Jonathan Cisernos, 18, and his brother Martin Cisernos, 20. The charged juvenile, Mario Nava-Briones, faces two counts of vehicular homicide. The brothers were passengers in a car allegedly driven by Nava-Briones at the time of a crash in Denver, Colorado on July 26th of this year. The Denver Post article does not say if Nava-Briones is charged with class 3 or class 4 felony vehicular homicide charges.
Under Colorado law, vehicular homicide may be charged in two different ways. First, a person who drives a motor vehicle e while under the influence of alcohol, drugs or both, and causes the death of another person, is guilty of a class 3 felony of vehicular homicide. The potential sentence for this type of vehicular homicide in Denver is 4-12 years in the Colorado Department of Corrections. Second, a person who drives a motor vehicle in a reckless manner and causes the death of another person, is guilty of a class 4 felony of vehicular homicide. The possible sentence for this type of vehicular homicide charge in Denver is 2-6 years in the Colorado Department of Corrections.
Because he has been charged as an adult, Nava-Briones, faces the possibility of having a permanent felony record and potentially going to prison if he is convicted. As it stands now, the charges against him are only allegations.
The Denver, Colorado criminal defense attorneys at Frankfurt & Trani, P.C. specialize in defending clients charged with vehicular homicide and assault. A defense of this type of charge requires that a complete and thorough investigation be completed including, interviews of any and all witnesses to the accident, a thorough review of law enforcement's investigation, observations, and conclusions, and, maybe most importantly, an expert reconstruction of the accident itself. A criminal defense attorney may retain an accident reconstruction expert to reconstruct the accident as it actually occurred. An accident reconstruction involves complex calculations of physics and engineering. In some instances, an accident reconstruction expert may actually be able to make the reconstructed accident visible to a jury using animated video. Very often, the defense expert's accident reconstruction conflicts with law enforcement's investigation and their accident reconstruction. In such instances, this provides the criminal defense attorney with the evidence needed to successfully defend their client. The attorneys at Frankfurt & Trani, P.C. utilize only the best accident reconstruction experts and have had success at trial in numerous such cases.
Please contact the criminal defense attorneys at Frankfurt & Trani, P.C. for a FREE Consultation if you have been accused of, or charged with, vehicular homicide or assault. Our lawyers may be reached at (303) 830-0090.
by: J. Snelling
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