Advice Regarding My Criminal Case

I am 33 years old. I struggled with addiction all my life. 6 years ago I went on the run from a slue of criminal charges: identity theft, drug possession, forgery, identity theft tools, possession of documents, etc. I had charges in two counties. Most of them were in one county, where I was able to get sentenced to their drug court program, an intense program requiring me to submit 8-10 UA’s a month, attend therapy, groups , and attend N.A. meetings. My initial plea offer was an open sentence on roughly 10 felony charges ranging from 2-33 years.

Back story: I stole the identity of a recently deceased person. I bought a truck in his name, applied for several credit cards. I was heavily involved with meth and heroin at the time. I would have never done any of these horrible crimes if I was sober.

I went on the run for 6 years because I was afraid my life was over and still using drugs and didn’t want to face the reality of my actions… what ended my run was that I got arrested in Arizona for forgery, drug possession, and motor vehicle theft. I went to jail for 30 days and was given a plea deal of 2 yrs probation, and to attend rehab. However, I was also under arrest for “fugitive of justice” from Colorado for the charges I was escaping 6 years prior. I was able to bond out while “fighting the extradition warrant,” and so what I did with that time was go immediately to drug rehab. I completed detox, then a 28 day intensive drug treatment program,” and then did another 30 days elsewhere in Arizona at another program. I was coming up to my 90 day hearing on extradition, and I knew they were going to extradite me, and the judge in AZ gave me permission to travel back to CO to turn myself in. I did just that. When I turned myself in I had been sober 2 months. I ended up staying in jail for 60 days (in Colorado) before being able to bond out while I continued the legal process. I attended 14, 3- hour intensive outpatient groups with a local treatment facility. I also was on pre-trial, which included mandatory weekly urinalysis testing, which I pissed clean for all of them. I also got a full time job at a local hotel. Mind you, I had 14 counts of id theft in another county(the county where the family of the deceased lived). As well as the county where I turned myself in and had the other slew of charges. I was lucky to have been sentenced to drug court on all the charges in the one county I turned myself in. The brother of the deceased had been showing up to all my hearings , family being heavily involved , and wanting retribution, even having come to my sentencing date for drug court and objecting to the sentence. The judge ended up going ahead anyways and sentencing me to the program, despite the words of the brother. I am now still facing the other 14 counts of ID theft in the other county… my disposition date is tomorrow, and I can’t help but feel anxious about the outcome… many people have been telling me that because I’ve been doing really good in drug court already here, and with everything that I have been doing, that I will likely be given probation and ran concurrent with drug court.

The initial plea bargain I was given in this county was: plead to one count of ID theft and have it be an open sentence.

I am now 8 months clean, have provided letters from previous rehab patients I was with, and two letters from my dad and sister. I’ve been doing really good, making payments on my restitution in the one county I already got sentenced in, and I even got promoted to phase 2 (out of 4). I am very remorseful for my actions, and I would never have done those things if drugs weren’t involved…I take full responsibility for my actions and really hope that prison isn’t something the DA or judge will sentence me to, considering all that I have accomplished so far…

Any advice or thoughts from legal professionals in the realm of criminal law that you can provide me with?

Any advice, insight, suggestions would be appreciated!

Location: Colorado, USA