In Fort Collins, there is no doubt that a mother would do anything to protect her children. One mother, whose son was being charged with murder, went so far as to ask family members to kill the witnesses in her son’s case in order to keep him out of prison. According to the news report, the woman’s son was charged with First Degree Murder after gunning down a 16-year-old boy outside a club. A month after the boy died, a key witness who was in the car when the shooting occurred was shot while waiting for the bus. A few months after that, another witness who was in the car was killed. Because of what was occurring, all the other witnesses were no longer willing to testify and prosecutors had to drop the charges and release the son. Upon further investigation of the other two murders, the mother was accused of asking her relatives to kill the witnesses. Three men were arrested for the murders and the mother was arrested and charged with Conspiracy to Commit First Degree Murder.
Larimer County Conspiracy Lawyer: What is Conspiracy in Fort Collins?
The Colorado law definition of Criminal Conspiracy – C.R.S. 18-2-201 – is:
(2) No person may be convicted of conspiracy to commit a crime, unless an overt act in pursuance of that conspiracy is proved to have been done by him or by a person with whom he conspired.
(3) If a person knows that one with whom he conspires to commit a crime has conspired with another person or persons to commit the same crime, he is guilty of conspiring to commit a crime with the other person or persons, whether or not he knows their identity.
(4) If a person conspires to commit a number of crimes, he is guilty of only one conspiracy so long as such multiple crimes are part of a single criminal episode.
In Larimer, Boulder, and Grand County, a person can be charged with Conspiracy to commit a crime for simply discussing a potential crime. In the case above, it seems like more than just a discussion when considering the two murders, but it doesn’t always take that much to get charged with Conspiracy.
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Fort Collins Conspiracy Lawyer: What is the Sentence / Punishment for Conspiracy?
In Fort Collins, Loveland, and Estes Park, Conspiracy is charged as a felony or misdemeanor based on the underlying crime. For the woman above, the underlying crime, 1st Degree Murder, is a class 1 felony, therefore she would be charged with Conspiracy to Commit First Degree Murder, a class 2 felony, punishable by 16 to 48 years in the Colorado Department of Corrections.