Criminal Law

questions & answers

Question: Charges include: 28-1381a1&a2. , 28-729.1, 13-3415a and 13-3904 FTA. Are there any services available to me, even consultation?

Answer:

Many attorneys will give you a consultation for a fee. If the charges are criminal misdemeanors, you can contact Arizona's Access to Justice Online Intake System or call 866-637-5341 and inquire about the Modest Means Project. If the charges are criminal felony charges, you may want to consult an attorney. Below are the actual statutes on the charges. You can see some are misdemeanor and some are felony.

28-1381. Driving or actual physical control while under the influence; trial by jury; presumptions; admissible evidence; sentencing; classification

A. It is unlawful for a person to drive or be in actual physical control of a vehicle in this state under any of the following circumstances:

1. While under the influence of intoxicating liquor, any drug, a vapor releasing substance containing a toxic substance or any combination of liquor, drugs or vapor releasing substances if the person is impaired to the slightest degree.

2. If the person has an alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more within two hours of driving or being in actual physical control of the vehicle and the alcohol concentration results from alcohol consumed either before or while driving or being in actual physical control of the vehicle.

C. A person who is convicted of a violation of this section is guilty of a class 1 misdemeanor.

28-729. Driving on roadways laned for traffic

If a roadway is divided into two or more clearly marked lanes for traffic, the following rules in addition to all others consistent with this section apply:

1. A person shall drive a vehicle as nearly as practicable entirely within a single lane and shall not move the vehicle from that lane until the driver has first ascertained that the movement can be made with safety. 13-3415. Possession, manufacture, delivery and advertisement of drug paraphernalia; definitions; violation; classification; civil forfeiture; factors

A. It is unlawful for any person to use, or to possess with intent to use, drug paraphernalia to plant, propagate, cultivate, grow, harvest, manufacture, compound, convert, produce, process, prepare, test, analyze, pack, repack, store, contain, conceal, inject, ingest, inhale or otherwise introduce into the human body a drug in violation of this chapter. Any person who violates this subsection is guilty of a class 6 felony. 13-3904. Violation of promise to appear; classification A. Any person knowingly violating his written promise to appear, given as provided in this article, is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor regardless of the disposition of the charge upon which he was originally arrested.

B. A written promise to appear in court may be complied