People v. Murphy.
No. 25PDJ23. 10/13/2025. Stipulation to Discipline.
November 12, 2025
The Presiding Disciplinary Judge approved the parties’ stipulation to discipline and suspended Marcus A. Murphy (attorney registration number 48442) for six months. The suspension took effect on October 13, 2025.
On July 27, 2023, a jury found Murphy guilty of driving while ability impaired (DWAI). In another case, on October 19, 2023, a jury found Murphy guilty of driving under the influence (DUI), a class 1 misdemeanor; reckless driving, a class 2 misdemeanor; leaving the scene of an accident, a traffic offense; and failing to report an accident, a traffic offense. On January 22, 2024, in yet another case, Murphy pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree assault of a peace officer, a class 4 felony. Murphy’s plea agreement was a two-year deferred judgment and sentence. It required him to complete a mental health evaluation and comply with the recommended treatment, take an anger management course, and complete any other reasonable probationary conditions.
On January 24, 2024, Murphy was sentenced in El Paso County Court for his DWAI conviction to 12 months of probation. That same day, Murphy was sentenced to 24 months of supervised probation for his convictions for DUI, reckless driving, leaving the scene of an accident, and failing to report an accident. The probations ran concurrent to his sentence for his conviction for assault of a peace officer, and required Murphy to complete Level II Education, therapy, random sobriety monitoring, and a victim impact panel, and to pay fees and court costs.
Also on January 24, 2024, Murphy pleaded guilty to harassment-obscene words-ethnic intimidation, a class 1 misdemeanor. Murphy was sentenced that day to 60 days in jail, with 85 days’ credit for time served.
Through the conduct described above, Murphy violated Colo. RPC 8.4(b) (it is professional misconduct for a lawyer to commit a criminal act that reflects adversely on the lawyer’s honesty, trustworthiness, or fitness as a lawyer in other respects).