Misdemeanor & Felony
Sexual Exploitation of a Child

Sexual exploitation of a child occurs when one is simply in possession of materials that depict some form of sexual conduct in which a child is involved, or when one prepares or sells such material, and when one is involved with causing a child to participate in the underlying sexual conduct.

Sexual exploitation of a child may be a Class 6, Class 4 or Class 3 felony, depending upon the nature of the conduct of the offender, as mentioned above.

Click below to read the official Colorado statutory definitions of this offense:

Sexual exploitation of a child (18-6-403)

Working with an experienced forensic expert, Alexander Garlin was able to obtain a voluntary dismissal in a Boulder County case for their client, a physician’s assistant and father of two children, wrongfully accused of having downloaded child pornography to his office computer. Exhaustive expert computer forensic analysis demonstrated that that the prosecution could not prove that their client knowingly placed the images in question on the computer. If convicted, the client would have been required to register as a sex offender and would have been unable to live with or have contact with his children, including his own.

Alexander Garlin has experience in providing criminal defense of child sex related criminal charges. Great care should be taken when confronted with sex crime accusations because the outcome may have life long ramifications, including incarceration, indefinite periods of probation supervision, therapy, and sex offender registration and re-registration. Whether you contact Garlin Driscoll Howard or other qualified attorneys, we recommend that you do so without delay to better understand your circumstances, thereby promoting informed decision making that could significantly improve the ultimate outcome of your case.

Garlin Driscoll Howard’s criminal defense attorneys welcome your inquiry, and do not charge for initial telephone, e-mail and office consultations.