State of Colorado v. David Patrick Chronis

Golden, Colorado criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being required to register as a sex offender.



In 2009, Chronis engaged in sexually explicit conversations

online and over the phone with an undercover investigator posing

as an underage teenage girl. After Chronis arranged a meeting with

the undercover officer, he was arrested. Chronis was charged with

(1) internet luring of a child; (2) internet sexual exploitation of a

child; and (3) criminal attempt to commit sexual assault on a child.

Chronis ultimately pleaded guilty to criminal attempt (internet

luring of a child), a class 5 felony; in exchange, the other charges

were dismissed. On June 1, 2010, the district court sentenced

Chronis to two years of probation, requiring him to register as a sex

offender. Chronis' probation officer later recommended terminating

his probation, and the court did so on May 24, 2012.

¶ 3 On July 21, 2022, Chronis petitioned to discontinue his sex

offender registration, certifying that section 16-22-113(3), C.R.S.

2024 — which mandates lifetime registration for some offenders —

did not make him ineligible for deregistration. He also certified that

it had been ten years since his conviction, and he had not been

convicted of any subsequent crime involving unlawful sexual

behavior. See § 16-22-113(1)(b).

Affirmed