Arizona DUI / Criminal Defense Law Blog

A recent list of the world’s top 100 universities included both Arizona State University and University of Arizona.  On the list released by The Center for World University Ranking, ASU ranked number 76th  in the world and U of A ranked 78th.  Even with the honor of being included in such a prestigious list, ASU students still know how […]

Street racing is an illegal activity in which motor vehicles use public streets to race. The races are sometimes organized and planned in advanced, and sometimes they are spur of the moment and unplanned. Either way, street racing in Arizona is highly illegal due to the danger it poses to the general public. There have […]

A rollover near Casa Grande on Friday left 15 people in the hospital, possibly as a result of a large dust and rainstorm that hit the area.  Rain is a welcome sight for many of us desert dwellers but the dust, wind, and wet conditions are certainly not welcome for drivers.  When drivers experience dust […]

The monsoon in the Valley comes every year yet is always a hot topic in the news.  While this year’s monsoon has been fairly uneventful, this week we are seeing some activity.  Today there is a major dust storm heading our way, hopefully bringing rain as well.  Whenever you see this kind of extreme weather […]

A roll over crash in New River last week caused huge delays for Valley residents trying to get up north for the weekend.  A truck and a trailer rolled over in the I-17 closing down one of the two lanes northbound while the clean up and investigation took place.  Injuries were unknown and it is […]

Prescott is going through a tough enough time as it is, without dealing with the dangers of drunk drivers on the road.  A 43-year-old woman was arrested Tuesday night for suspicion of DUI.  The police measured her blood as 3 times over the legal limit.  Making matters worse, the woman was caught only after she […]

A woman whose marijuana was seized at a Yuma border patrol checkpoint should be able to get that marijuana back from the authorities, the Arizona Supreme Court upheld Monday.  After the marijuana was seized, the woman was able to prove that she held a California medical marijuana card.  The Arizona Supreme Court upheld a lower […]

A video of a Tennessee man being stopped at a DUI checkpoint over the weekend has gone viral.  The video, taken by a hidden camera in the car, shows the police intimidating the driver and searching his vehicle after a K9 supposedly sniffed drugs, when in fact the driver had not been drinking at all […]

Navajo officials are proposing a change in tribal law that would expand the allowed areas for alcohol to be served within their Arizona casinos. Currently alcohol use in casinos can only be served and consumed in the restaurants, and is not allowed on the gaming floor.  The change would allow alcohol to be taken to […]

Downtown Flagstaff is seeing more bars in the next few months giving students even more reasons to go out drinking with peers.  The problem does not lie in the number of bars there are in the historic town, but more in the age of the students who frequent them.  Many Northern Arizona University students are […]