The People of teh States of Colorado v. Michael Casey Simms

Golden, Colorado, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with menacing.

Reported by Kent Morlan


Casey Simms’s charges resulted from a multiple-day altercation with
his intimate partner.

Simms and his girlfriend, K.B., were staying in a motel when
they began to argue. The argument culminated in Simms punching
K.B., causing a black eye.

The next day, when K.B. returned to the motel room after
work, the situation escalated again. Throughout the evening, K.B.
periodically left the motel room or locked herself in the motel room
bathroom to seek refuge from Simms. At one point, Simms
breached the bathroom door after K.B. had locked herself inside,
breaking the door in half.

K.B. testified that Simms assaulted her multiple times,
including by slapping, punching, kicking, and choking her. K.B.
also recounted Simms repeatedly threatening her verbally and with
a pocketknife. Although Simms admitted punching K.B., resulting
in her black eye on the first night, and “getting physical” on the
second night,2 he denied choking K.B. or threatening her with a
pocketknife on the second night.

The elements of the crime of Menacing are:
1. That the defendant,
2. In the State of Colorado, at or about the
date and place charged,
3. Knowingly,
4. By any threat or physical action,
5. Placed or attempted to place another person
in fear of imminent serious bodily injury

The Defendant was found guilty.

Reversed