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How to Deal with an Admin Per Se/ Implied Consent Affidavit When Charged With a DUI
If you are served with an Admin Per Se/Implied Consent (APS/IC) Affidavit on the date of your arrest, discuss with your attorney whether you should request a MVD hearing. If you were not served with an APS/IC Affidavit at the time of your arrest, you will need to monitor your mail and ensure that your address is…
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How to Dress for Court
First, it is important to understand that the way you dress for court influences the way a judge, prosecutor and/or jury views and assesses you, whether or not it be a conscious decision on their end. Dress in business attire in order to appear professional and courteous. This includes: modest hemlines and necklines, neutral colors…
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How to Talk to Friends or Family in Custody
Inmates are not allowed to receive incoming telephone calls. They can make personal outgoing calls, which are recorded phone calls among family and friends, or legal outgoing calls, which are non-recorded phone calls with legal counsel. Do not discuss your loved one’s case over the phone. Do not allow your loved one to become negative…
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How to Post Bail
In order to notify family members or friends of their arrest, inmates are given access to a telephone in order to place collect calls. Questions regarding an inmate’s initial arrest should be directed to the arresting agency, if it can be done without doing further harm to the inmate’s case. Bonds and fines may be paid…
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How to Visit an Inmate in a Maricopa County Jail
Obtain the name, booking number and/or date of birth of the incarcerated person by calling Sheriff’s Information Management Services at 602-876-0322. Before visiting an inmate, contact the jail’s visitation phone number to find out if any housing units are on visitation restrictions: 4th Avenue Jail 602-876-1239 Lower Buckeye Jail 602-876-1236 Estrella Jail 602-876-1222 Towers Jail 602-876-1679…
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Will Arizona See More Sex Trafficking Due to the Super Bowl?
Rumors of increased sex trafficking during the Super Bowl swarm the field well before the players on game day. According to popular belief, the Super Bowl is notorious for being a target spot for sex trafficking and prostitution. In a key press release in 2013, Texas Attorney General, Gregg Abbott, said, “The Super Bowl is…
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Phoenix DUI: No Fowl Play on Turkey Day
Thanksgiving is a joyous time to give thanks and focus on friends and family. The extended time off work comes as a huge relief to most, the anticipation of a savory Thanksgiving Dinner and the long weekend with our loved ones cannot come soon enough! Before cracking open your first beer, popping open the champagne…
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A Touchdown Defense: Do Concussions Create Criminal Behavior?
While not everyone who suffers from concussions becomes a criminal, there is evidence in medical literature that shows how concussions cause behavioral changes. These changes include, impulsiveness, depression, aggression, inappropriate sexual behavior, lack of thought control and violence among people who, prior to their injuries, did not exhibit such behaviors. The question of how to…
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What is a Veteran’s Court?
A few cities in Arizona have established Veteran’s Courts in order to focus on rehabilitation and restoration for veterans who find themselves facing criminal charges. The Facts: There are over 140,000 veterans incarcerated to date. Veterans continue to come home with similar conditions to those of veterans who served in Vietnam. In 1958, 21% of all…
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Arizona Hunting Laws review for 2014 season
Fall means the anticipation of carving pumpkins, sipping on apple cider, devouring pumpkin everything, and for some: hunting wild game. Turkey, deer, dove, quail and even bear season starts this October, and Castillo Law is here to make sure it’s safe and enjoyable and free from citations or arrests by reviewing a few Arizona hunting…
