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Comment on Better Safe Than Sorry by What Firing Benjamin Zander Says About Us | Tempe Criminal Defense

What Firing Benjamin Zander Says About Us | Tempe Criminal Defense — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:46:52 +0000

[...] eager to label anyone who’s even remotely likely to re-offend as a high risk. In our better-safe-than-sorry culture, any determination should be taken with a grain of salt. The risk assessments on my clients [...]

Comment on Screening Comments by Jamison

Jamison — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:54:47 +0000

I had to comment, just to see if I could figure out the equation. Woo hoo. I am a genius.

Comment on Screening Comments by Kimberly

Kimberly — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:31:10 +0000

I’ve never commented before (I always read!), but I had to come to your site just to see the question…mine was tricky: nine – 7. ;-D

Comment on Carbon Copy Criminal Defense by Andrew (the other one)

Andrew (the other one) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:12:40 +0000

I love the smell of McJustice in the morning.

Comment on Unauthorized Practice by MarketLaw

MarketLaw — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:54:53 +0000

I agree with CommonSensical, she should just take the bar and fix the problem. I mean real lawyers have enough problems to deal with without fake ones, I mean marketing for law firms and attorney adverting alone is enough, just to say one thing..not to mention cases! Come one, woman..sheesh.

Comment on The Grand Jury by Colorado DUI Attorney

Colorado DUI Attorney — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:24:15 +0000

Great article. Grand juries really have become rubber stamps for prosecutors. It is rare that I have seen a no-bill come out of grand jury. It is time to either do away with the grand jury or to give defendants more rights with regard to the process. The judicial system would work more efficiently if we were allowed to weed out the bad cases early on before the person gets indicted and has to live with and explain what happened to those charges for the rest of his life.

Comment on Peaking by Andrew (the other one)

Andrew (the other one) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:55:11 +0000

One day, years from now, some of them will become judges, and when you appear before them, splendid in their black robes and self-importance, you can stare them in the eye and remind them about the day they drank one beer too many and spewed faux caviar on your best suit.

Which in some cases will have been the prior weekend.

Comment on Peaking by shg

shg — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:43:19 +0000

Once you come to the realization that the nice folks you meet at these networking events are either at or below your level, you realize the fallacy of the approach. Notably, this is different that bar association functions that bring at the big guys, and it’s worthwhile meeting and getting to know some of them, but that’s a different party.

But there is one interesting thing that comes of hanging out with other young lawyers, doing stupid young lawyer stuff and sharing your joy and misery. One day, years from now, some of them will become judges, and when you appear before them, splendid in their black robes and self-importance, you can stare them in the eye and remind them about the day they drank one beer too many and spewed faux caviar on your best suit.

Good times.

Comment on Peaking by Andrew Becke

Andrew Becke — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:08:23 +0000

A remarkable piece of writing, Matt. Cheers.

Comment on The Inner Workings of Arizona’s Motor Vehicle Division by Tim

Tim — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 05:20:26 +0000

Having been on the receiving end, I can tell you that the rules certainly seem capricious and arbitrary; the final paragraph fit my situation exactly.

I had been convicted (plead guilty, actually, after challenging the stop) of DUI in Scottsdale. One month into the mandatory one year interlock period, I was sent a notice that I was required to take traffic school, and did so, with the MVD confirming that the requirement was fulfilled. Four weeks later, they suspended my license without sending a letter. I drove on that suspended license for the eight remaining months of my sentence. I was informed of all of this the day I went in to have the restriction removed from the license.

Luckily, I was not pulled over during this time. I consulted my attorney upon discovering this and he explained how lucky I was. At least, I would have had another year’s suspension and a reset of the one-year interlock requirement. It was likely that I’d also serve the nine suspended days of the sentence reinstated.

What bothers me most about situations like this is the way an administrative punishment can automatically trigger criminal punishment, often without any apparent method for either the appeal or the overturning of the administrative portion.