Felony
Arizona can be a harsh state for criminal and DUI cases, and a defendant in Navajo County recently found out just how harsh in a recent case, court of appeals case, State v. Tafoya. He didn’t go to prison for the crash that started his case. He went to prison for missing one court date.…
A DUI in Arizona is what a jury says it is. All DUI defendants have either a constitutional (Felony) or statutory (Misdemeanor) right to a jury trial. By looking at appeals from convictions we can see the facts that lead to that jury unanimously deciding, beyond a reasonable doubt, the defendant was guilty. We can…
Though state law varies greatly, many states including Arizona restrict or remove the right to vote from persons convicted of felony criminal charges. A recent report by criminal justice reform group the Sentencing Project estimates more than six million Americans will be excluded from voting in the upcoming presidential election, though only about 1/4…