Sizing Up the Courtroom

In the case of Padilla v. Kentucky, the U.S. Supreme Court held in a 7-2 decision that "[i[t is quintessentially the duty of counsel (criminal defense attorney Phoenix) to provide his/her client with the available advice about an issue like deportation" and the failure to do so satisfies the first prong of the Strickland analysis regarding ineffective assistance of counsel.

The client of a criminal defense attorney in Arizona is usually brought to federal criminal prosecution by indictment, although occasionally, law enforcement officers will initiate the process through a criminal complaint.

Ask any DUI lawyer in Phoenix. House arrest and ankle monitors may soon become an alternative option for convicted drunk driving offenders. While home detention programs are certainly nothing new, as Arizona law has enabled their creation for a number of years and most Valley City courts already have similar programs.