Arizona MVD Notifies of Interlock Device (DWI)
Arizona MVD Notifies of Interlock Device
Several people have asked me when to expect a notice of ignition interlock device in Arizona DUI cases. (…)
Several people have asked me when to expect a notice of ignition interlock device in Arizona DUI cases. The answer is that the MVD will send you a notice of when you need it installed and for how long after you are convicted. Check with your DUI lawyer to make sure you understand the specifics, but the short of it is, in most cases, you need not take action until you hear from the MVD. For our clients who may be wondering, please call me to make sure so we can assess your individual case and make sure nothing gets missed.
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New Arizona DUI Laws - April 2008
The newest DUI laws coming down the pike, if passed, would shorten by 6 months the ignition interlock device reqirement for first offenders in Arizona, but it would add 20 days to the mandatory jail term for a first time extreme DUI. (…)
The newest DUI laws coming down the pike, if passed, would shorten by 6 months the ignition interlock device reqirement for first offenders in Arizona, but it would add 20 days to the mandatory jail term for a first time extreme DUI. The new Arizona DUI laws appear to give back a little and take a lot more. Developing…
Quoted from http://www.azcapitoltimes.com/:
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Blow Hard * Lawmakers are considering a bill that would require stricter penalties for repeat DUI offenders and the drunkest of drivers, at the same time lightening the punishment for first-time offenders. First-timers would have to use an ignition interlock device for six months, instead of a year
Backpedalling or enhancing policy?
Arizona’s policymakers are taking a hard, second look at the state’s current set of driving-under-the-influence laws, regarded to be the toughest in the nation, to see whether they might have gone too far.
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Utah Justice Courts
I found this article in the Ogden Standard Examiner. The opinion of the writer is one that I have heard many times. I see what the writer is talking about quite often in reference to "overly aggressive" prosecutions. We don’t seem to care what happens to people incarcerated, at least, until one of our loved ones ends up there.
Publication:Standard Examiner; Date:Jan 11, 2008; Section:Opinion; Page Number:4A
Utah’s justice system needs repair
What’s wrong with the justice system?
Prosecutors are overly aggressive and seek convictions at any cost to further their careers, and different levels of law enforcement are abusive to inmates. The system has corrupt officers who hide behind their badges while breaking the law, and a judge who failed to recuse himself from a trial due to friendship with the victim’s family.
There are people who are innocent and are sent to prison, and people who have mental disabilities and need help but are sent to jail or prison without getting the help they need.
The state then asks for more federal funding, and our taxes are raised because a new prison needs to be built.
The problem is there is not one elected official who is willing to step up to the plate and recognize that there is a problem, nor do they use their position to promote a healthy, safe rehabilitation program within the prison or jail. They have the feeling that prison is a problem with no solution.
The temptation is always to look away, hoping the troubles inside the walls will not affect us.
Every day people go to prison, but the public knows very little about their conditions of confinement (rape, abuse by officers, infectious diseases, etc.) and whether they are being punished in ways that no jury ever intended. Unless the experience of incarceration becomes real through the confinement of a loved one, the people inside the confined walls are far removed from daily concerns.
Bonnie Terry
West Haven
In a new Arizona Supreme Court case, the court held that either the defendant OR the state can demand a jury trial. This precludes the tactic sometimes used by the defense of waiting for a good judge who is good for the facts of the case, and then unilaterally waiving jury trial. Now, if the prosecutor wants a jury trial in an Arizona DUI case, they will get one.
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