Failure to appear has serious consequences. If you are ever charged with a crime in Arizona, you will be given a court date for a hearing where your lawyer can plead your case. If you fail to appear for your court date, the judge will...
Forced labor is a crime in Arizona. Using threats, coercion, or violence to make someone work for you is illegal. If you threaten to harm someone unless they work for you, or if you take their ID and won’t give it back until the job...
Arizona has quite a few interesting laws—in fact, there’s even one about laser pointers. Have you ever heard that it’s illegal to point a laser at someone? This isn’t exactly true, but it depends who you point it at. Laser pointers are perfectly legal as long...
The first bite is accidental. The second bite is a crime. If your dog bites or injures someone else, that person can sue you in civil court. However, if your dog has a history of biting and is running loose or attacks someone, you could...
Arizona is governed by a set of laws called a penal code. These laws determine how crimes are defined and the consequences for breaking them. And since many different crimes can range in severity, classifications may be added to criminal charges. For example, being charged...
Cell phones have become an essential part of our lives. But now that using a cell phone while driving is illegal in Arizona, you could get pulled over for talking on your phone or texting while driving. But can the police take and search your...
Whether you’re a longtime resident or simply visiting the Valley of the Sun, Phoenix offers a lot of recreational gambling options. However, Arizona is still fairly strict when it comes to gambling laws. And as a criminal defense law firm in Arizona, we recommend partaking...
In United States criminal law, all crimes can be broken down into different elements. In order to convict the defendant, these elements of a crime must then be proven in a court of law beyond a reasonable doubt. Most crimes require that three essential elements...
Tampering with a criminal case can have very serious consequences. Any attempt to influence the outcome of a case by altering the physical evidence or by influencing the testimony of a witness is a felony. There are heavy fines for case tampering in Arizona, as...
You probably already know that criminal charges are divided into misdemeanors and felonies, and that some crimes are worse than others. However, not every charge is treated the same way. When a classifier is added to a criminal charge, it could change the outcome of...