How much money must be embezzled for the crime to be considered a felony? The Arizona embezzlement statute tells us the charges given for different ranges of embezzlement. Embezzling over a thousand dollars is a Class 6 felony in Arizona, and the higher the amount,...
Many crimes are crimes of opportunity and environment. If one of these two things--or both-- make a crime more likely or appealing, then it’s reasonable to assume that crime numbers will increase. For instance, we wrote a blog about how crimes like burglary and theft...
If you’ve been charged with a crime in Arizona, the first question likely to be on your mind is: “Can I make these charges go away?” As a criminal defense law firm in the Phoenix Valley, Coolidge Law has a record of getting criminal cases...
A criminal trial usually goes one of two ways: the defense and the prosecution come to a plea agreement, or the trial resumes and ends in a guilty or not-guilty ruling. Plea agreements, or plea bargains, are prevalent in Arizona because they avoid the stresses...