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All about criminal attorney
DUI AND OTHER TRAFFIC OFFENSES
Over the recent Christmas/New Year holiday in Arizona, nearly 3,000 arrests were
made for DUI offenses that week alone. If you find yourself to be one of the
many drivers suspected of these charges throughout the year, you need to contact
a good Law Firm immediately.
DRUG AND NARCOTIC OFFENSES
The
Law firms to handle all types of
drug offenses,
including possessing, trafficking, importing, selling, or manufacturing illegal
substances. In Phoenix alone, there are an average of over 10,000 drug crimes
reported each year. Therefore, if you have been accused of such offenses, you
need a lawyer that is extremely familiar with Arizona drug cases. Arizona drug
possession laws make it a crime to willfully possess illegal controlled
substances such as marijuana, methamphetamine, cocaine, LSD, "club drugs," and
heroin. These laws also criminalize the possession of "precursor" chemicals used
in drug cultivation and manufacturing, as well as certain accessories related to
drug use.
THEFT AND PROPERTY CRIMES
Theft is typically defined as the taking of
almost anything of value without the consent of the owner, with the intent
to permanently deprive him or her of the value of the property taken. In
Arizona, there are an average of over 170,000 reports of larceny/theft and
approximately 50,000 cases of burglary each year. Additionally, Arizona was
once ranked first in the country for extremely high number of property
crimes. If you have been accused of these common crimes,
you need to contact a good Law Firm
immediately.
ASSAULT/BATTERY AND DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE
In Arizona, an assault/battery is committed
when one person either tries to or does physically strike another; or
acts in a threatening manner to put another in fear of immediate
physical harm. Arizona declares that a more serious or "aggravated"
assault/battery occurs when one tries to or does cause severe injury to
another; or causes injury through use of a deadly weapon. With over
5,000 reports of assault each year in Phoenix alone, this common crime
requires immediate legal representation.
SEX OFFENSES
These offenses include molestation,
indecent exposure, public sexual indecency, illegal conduct with a
minor, sexual abuse, sexual assault, and rape. These crimes are
generally defined as inappropriate sexual displays; sexual contact
with a person by forcible compulsion; sexual contact with a person
who is incapable of consent by reason of being physically helpless
or mentally incapacitated; or sexual contact with an underage person.
Definitions of sex offenses vary by state, so local laws need to be
consulted to determine the applicable law in Arizona. For cases of
rape alone, there have been nearly 1,500 incidents reported each
year.
MURDER
In Arizona over the last decade,
there have been an average of nearly 350 murders reported each
year. If you are under investigation of such a serious offense,
you need a
top-quality lawyer as quickly as possible. In
Arizona, first-degree murder is defined as an unlawful killing
that is both willful and premeditated, meaning that it was
committed after planning or "lying in wait" for the victim.
Arizona also adheres to a legal concept known as the "felony
murder rule," under which a person commits first-degree murder
if any death (even an accidental one) results from the
commission of certain violent felonies-usually arson, burglary,
kidnapping, rape, and robbery.
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