Law Offices of Chris Matz, PC

03/18/2026

https://www.denverpost.com/2026/03/18/immigration-enforcement-police-excessive-force-legislature/?trk_msg=54436PBHK424NE9LG7HT00A6NK&trk_contact=B61EATEE9VJSCP850OQL9KA678&trk_module=new&trk_sid=E34RJVF3FEROTBMMBGJFJSOS3C&trk_link=7NE5GI3HFO14DCF9DNAHL14BBS&utm_email=C4BD74319524F5FAD453849858&g2i_eui=b13e4fc7212d94044ef74cbca5bc7a93826b5151b3a36a932a65d44d7edacf1c&g2i_source=newsletter&lctg=C4BD74319524F5FAD453849858&active=no&utm_source=listrak&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=https%3a%2f%2fwww.denverpost.com%2f2026%2f03%2f18%2fimmigration-enforcement-police-excessive-force-legislature%2f&utm_campaign=denv-denver_post-afternoon_update-nl&utm_content=automated

“This was a modest step that we could have taken to keep our community safe — and I am extremely disappointed that we were not able to,” Rep. Yara Zokaie said Wednesday.

01/16/2026

https://www.denverpost.com/2026/01/16/colorado-supreme-court-ruling-municipal-courts/?trk_msg=SA7GTTNFOE6KP2KG2LF51C3BDC&trk_contact=B61EATEE9VJSCP850OQL9KA678&trk_sid=06CFLL8AIE3LTRN187FFK7R6L4&trk_link=24K5KID366RK58FH6DQBQPRUV0&utm_email=C4BD74319524F5FAD453849858&lctg=C4BD74319524F5FAD453849858&active=yesD&utm_source=listrak&utm_medium=email&utm_term=https%3a%2f%2fwww.denverpost.com%2f2026%2f01%2f16%2fcolorado-supreme-court-ruling-municipal-courts%2f&utm_campaign=denv-denver_post-mile_high_roundup-nl&utm_content=manual

Now, weeks after the court’s decision, cities are reexamining their local ordinances, judges are altering their courtroom advisements of defendants, and defense attorneys and prosecutors are negoti…

10/03/2025

https://www.denverpost.com/2025/10/03/denver-da-discovery-violations/

The misrouted files were not shared with defendants — a potential violation of discovery rules, which require prosecutors to disclose evidence to defendants during a criminal case.

04/09/2025

https://www.denverpost.com/2025/04/09/colorado-sentencing-disparities-courts-polis-veto/

Defendants in Colorado’s municipal courts can face much longer sentences than those in state court for the same petty offenses, The Denver Post previously found.

02/13/2025

https://www.denverpost.com/2025/02/13/ice-detainments-denver-courthouse-immigration-state-law-activists/

Colorado immigrant rights advocates and attorneys are raising legal concerns about reports of immigration enforcement operations occurring near a courthouse in downtown Denver this week.

07/05/2024

https://www.denverpost.com/2024/07/05/colorado-department-of-correction-s*x-offender-treatment-lawsuit/?trk_msg=7B8QSN8D1N8KJ1UC0C8RM26BHS&trk_contact=B61EATEE9VJSCP850OQL9KA678&trk_module=new&trk_sid=K90K2IEF4VB712OP030FRU584C&trk_link=FMK8BN4H195KBA5CTPFH8MPQIK&utm_email=C4BD74319524F5FAD453849858&lctg=C4BD74319524F5FAD453849858&active=no&utm_source=listrak&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=https%3a%2f%2fwww.denverpost.com%2f2024%2f07%2f05%2fcolorado-department-of-correction-s*x-offender-treatment-lawsuit%2f&utm_campaign=denv-denver_post-afternoon_update&utm_content=automated

“This deprivation of treatment results in a de facto lifetime prison sentence for all s*x offenders in Colorado with indeterminate sentences,” the prisoners’ attorneys wrote.

12/20/2023

https://www.denverpost.com/2023/12/19/denver-prostitution-da-investigator-charge/?utm_email=C4BD74319524F5FAD453849858&active=yesD&utm_source=listrak&utm_medium=email&utm_term=https%3a%2f%2fwww.denverpost.com%2f2023%2f12%2f19%2fdenver-prostitution-da-investigator-charge%2f&utm_campaign=denver-breaking-news&utm_content=alert

An undercover prostitution sting by the Denver Police Department led to the arrest of an investigator in the 17th Judicial District Attorney’s Office last month, court records show.

09/29/2023

https://coloradosun.com/2023/09/28/former-adams-county-sheriff-top-officials-accused-falsifying-training-records/

Former Sheriff Rick Reigenborn, former undersheriff Thomas McLallen and former division chief Michael Bethel face several felony charges, including forgery

08/16/2023

https://www.denverpost.com/2023/08/16/arvada-police-shooting-destinee-thompson-mistaken-identity-lawsuit/?utm_email=C4BD74319524F5FAD453849858&lctg=C4BD74319524F5FAD453849858&active=no&utm_source=listrak&utm_medium=email&utm_term=https%3a%2f%2fwww.denverpost.com%2f2023%2f08%2f16%2farvada-police-shooting-destinee-thompson-mistaken-identity-lawsuit%2f&utm_campaign=denver-breaking-news&utm_content=alert

An Arvada police officer shot and killed a pregnant woman after mistaking her for a shoplifting suspect two years ago in an altercation the woman’s family now says never should have happened.

05/23/2023

Right on! Too bad none of the LE officers will bear any of the financial responsibility. Reform will come much quicker when the officers themselves face financial liability.

The settlement for Christian Glass’s death is the largest involving police misconduct in Colorado history, surpassing the amount paid in 2021 to the family of Elijah McClain, who died at the …

05/02/2023

A Colorado sheriff’s lieutenant with multiple criminal convictions slammed an unarmed man to the ground and fired a Taser at his face for watching a traffic stop.