Defense Attorney: “I am moving to suppress the officer’s testimony.” Prosecution: “Why? We disclosed the evidence as soon as we got it.” -Flashback 12 hours- It is the night before tria...
https://arizonacriminaldefenseblog.com/2015/eve-of-trial-evidence/
From The New York Times: “To Judge Sleep Aids, U.S. Looks at Drowsy Driving in the Morning.” The Food and Drug Administration is considering the residual drowsiness that can persist the day a...
Here is an update of the Massachusetts Crime Lab Scandal: • In June, 2011, allegations of misconduct at the William A. Hinton State Laboratory Institute in Jamaica Plain (Hinton drug lab) surfa...
This month the Arizona Court of Appeals rejected the argument that a judge does not have the discretion to hold a pretrial hearing on the reliability of scientific evidence. Since January 1, 2012...
https://arizonacriminaldefenseblog.com/2013/arizona-case-law-update-the-first-daubert-decision/
Daubert is the name of an United States Supreme Court case regarding the admissibility of scientific evidence: Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. While the case was decided in 1993,...
https://arizonacriminaldefenseblog.com/2012/a-quick-and-dirty-daubert-explanation/
With the recent passage of Proposition 203, voters made Arizona the 15th state (along with the District of Columbia) to legalize medical marijuana. The vote was a close one, with just 841,346 in ...
https://arizonacriminaldefenseblog.com/2010/arizonas-new-medical-marijuana-law-what-does-it-mean/
Just in case there was any doubt, the Arizona Court of Appeals made it official that your religious beliefs are not a legal defense to the crime of Possession of Marijuana. In the case of State v...
Drug sniffing dogs – you see them at the airport, the bus station, and on television. They serve an important purpose for law enforcement and the public. That is, they smell drugs when humans c...
https://arizonacriminaldefenseblog.com/2010/arizona-drug-law-cheat-first-and-search-later/
When being stopped by an officer there are many things that go through a driver’s head. “Was I speeding?” “Is there a taillight out?” “Did I swerve?” On the other hand, most people ...
Drug use seems to be a never-ending problem in Arizona. As a result, we have a never ending amount of people becoming criminals. If you were sitting in one of Arizona’s courts devoted solel...
https://arizonacriminaldefenseblog.com/2009/frequently-asked-questions-about-drug-crimes/