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What happens at a misdemeanor assault arraignment in Phoenix or Tempe Municipal Court, what to bring, release conditions, and why to hire a lawyer first.
When Arizona law allows physical or deadly force, what "no duty to retreat" means, defending your home or others, and who has to prove self-defense.
How Arizona plea deals work, from charge and sentence bargaining to the change-of-plea hearing, mandatory sentences, and whether you can take a plea back.
What counts as violating an Arizona order of protection, when it becomes a felony, the two-year order rule, penalties, and defenses if you are accused.
Charged with domestic violence for the first time in Arizona? What dismissal, diversion, plea offers and DV classes mean, and why the DV label matters.
A first DUI conviction in Arizona means jail, but often one day, not ten. How suspended days, home detention, alcohol monitoring and work release work.
After an Arizona DUI arrest you have 30 days, not 15, to request an MVD hearing. How 90-day and refusal suspensions work, and how to get your license back.
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