Colorado Springs, CO criminal defense attorney Zoe Levesque talks about domestic violence in Colorado. She explains that in Colorado, domestic violence is defined as an act or threatened act of violence against a person with whom the perpetrator is or has been in an intimate relationship, where the violence is used to gain or maintain power and control over the other person. She emphasizes that domestic violence is not only a standalone crime but can also serve as a sentence enhancer, applied in conjunction with other underlying offenses. For example, if an individual commits theft against a fiancé, the criminal charge would be theft, but it would also carry a domestic violence enhancement due to the intimate relationship between the parties.