In Loveland, Fort Collins, and Estes Park, there are five different situations that can get you charged with Disorderly Conduct. They range from physical altercation to making too much noise. Let’s look at the five different ways someone can find themselves facing a Disorderly Conduct case in Colorado.
Larimer County Disorderly Lawyer: Colorado Definition of Disorderly Conduct
The Larimer County, Colorado law definition of Disorderly Conduct – C.R.S. 18-9-106 – is:
(a) Makes a coarse and obviously offensive utterance, gesture, or display in a public place and the utterance, gesture, or display tends to incite an immediate breach of the peace; or
(b) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2000, p. 708, § 39, effective July 1, 2000.)
(c) Makes unreasonable noise in a public place or near a private residence that he has no right to occupy; or
(d) Fights with another in a public place except in an amateur or professional contest of athletic skill; or
(e) Not being a peace officer, discharges a firearm in a public place except when engaged in lawful target practice or hunting or the ritual discharge of blank ammunition cartridges as an attendee at a funeral for a deceased person who was a veteran of the armed forces of the United States; or
(f) Not being a peace officer, displays a real or simulated firearm, displays any article used or fashioned in a manner to cause a person to reasonably believe that the article is a firearm, or represents verbally or otherwise that he or she is armed with a firearm in a public place in a manner calculated to alarm and does alarm another person.
As you can see, these 5 things really range in severity. You can be charged for giving someone the finger (subsection a) or for waiving a gun around in a public place (subsection f).
Sentence for Disorderly Conduct in Fort Collins and Estes Park
Disorderly Conduct can be a petty offense, class 2 misdemeanor, or class 1 misdemeanor depending on the subsection the person is charged with in Fort Collins, Loveland, and Estes Park. For a charge under subsection (a), (c), or (d), it is a petty offense. For a charge under subsection (f), it is a class 2 misdemeanor and a charge under subsection (e) is a class 1 misdemeanor.
If you or someone you love has been charged with Disorderly Conduct, be smart, exercise your right to remain silent, and contact the best criminal defense attorneys from the O’Malley Law Office at 970-658-0007 to schedule a free consultation. Together, we can protect your future!
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