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The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a man convicted of second degree murder did not necessarily commit a “crime of violence.” As a result, while the court affirmed the man’s conviction for murder, it reversed a second conviction and an additional...
February has been a banner month of sorts for aggravated assault. It seems as if every other news story is mentioning the offense in one context or another. We’ve gathered together several cases that have emerged (or have been revived) over recent weeks to examine...
Recent headlines on illegal immigration claim that since Phoenix dropped its sanctuary city status in 2008, the crime rate in the city has dropped significantly. We choose 2008 because that was the year SB 1070, the law that makes it a crime in Arizona to be an...
A couple of weeks ago the red face belonged to FBI Director James B. Comey. He made some remarks in a couple of speeches that raised the ire of many folks, including the President of the United States. Comey, speaking at the University of Chicago, addressed the issue...
[column width="1/1" last="true" title="" title_type="single" animation="none" implicit="true"] Facts, once again, appear to be stranger than fiction. You might remember, or you might have heard about, the 1969 movie entitled “They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?” It was a...
[column width="1/1" last="true" title="" title_type="single" animation="none" implicit="true"] Star tight-end Aaron Hernandez, formerly of the New England Patriots, has been released from the team this week, following an investigation into the now-deemed homicide of a...
[column width="1/1" last="true" title="" title_type="single" animation="none" implicit="true"] Armed robbery is serious business, and a conviction will lead to serious prison time. So you might expect that those contemplating committing this felony would do a little...
[column width="1/1" last="true" title="" title_type="single" animation="none" implicit="true"] If you hire someone to do work around your house, what’s the worst that could happen? There might be a monetary dispute, the work might not be done to your satisfaction, or...
[column width="1/1" last="true" title="" title_type="single" animation="none" implicit="true"] http://youtu.be/jR34lgGONW4 Attorney David A Black is a criminal lawyer based in Phoenix Arizona. If you have been charged a Domestic Violence charge in Maricopa Country...
While violent crimes declined in most areas of the United States in the first 6 months of 2011, many Arizona cities, including Phoenix, experienced a rise in such crimes during that same period. According to a recent FBI study, violent crime increased in 7 of the 10...