A person can be charged with excessive (criminal) speeding if they are traveling more than 20 miles per hour over the posted speed limit or more than 85 miles per hour on a highway. Excessive Speeding is not your run of the milll speeding ticket – it is Class 3...
I Recently represented a client at Scottsdale Municipal Court who was originally charged with furnishing alcohol to a person under 21. After the supervising prosecutor reviewed the facts, she decided to charge my client with furnishing alcohol to a minor with sexual...
DUI’s are one of the most difficult criminal cases to try in front of a jury. I can’t understand why so many people believe that just because someone has a blood alcohol concentration of over .08, they are automatically guilty of DUI. What people have to remember is...
I represented a client who was arrested in downtown Scottsdale for a driving while under the influence charge. The officer made the initial stop because he observed driving behavior consistent with impaired driving. Once stopped, the officer pursued an investigation...
Occasionally, I’ll get a case where an officer arrested someone for being impaired to slightest degree when their blood alcohol concentration was less than a .08. Arizona DUI law reads, “If there was at that time in excess of 0.05 but less than 0.08 alcohol...
I recently had a case where my client was on probation for resisting arrest, a class 6 felony, and was subsequently arrested and charged with Aggravated DUI. In Arizona, Aggravated DUI is a class 4 felony. There are few ways in which someone can be charged with...
Ktar.com reported this morning that 25 people were arrested Sunday night at a West Valley Race Track for underage drinking and several others were arrested for DUI. Click here to view the article. As innocent as drinking in a controlled environment may seem, you must...
Police officers are given wide discretion to cite people for Reckless Driving. To support a reckless driving charge, all the police officer has to show is that the driving behavior resulted in a reckless disregard for the safety of others. As a defense attorney, I...