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Sands currently teaches Criminal Procedure and Advanced Criminal Procedure at the Arizona State University College of Law. Professor Sands has served as Special Counsel to the United States Sentencing Commission, and prior to joining the Federal Public Defender's office, he was with the Phoenix law firm of Meyer, Hendricks, Victor, Osborn, and ...
The number of public defenders, their salary and other issues related to public defenders have been controversial. Eric Holder, the United States Attorney General in 2013, phrased the current issues of the public defender system as a state of crisis and saw the current system as a failure to uphold the Sixth Amendment as well as Gideon. [39]
The United States District Court for the District of Arizona (in case citations, D. Ariz.) is the U.S. district court that covers the state of Arizona. It is under the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The District was established on June 20, 1910, pending Arizona statehood on February 14, 1912. [1]
Members of the Arizona Legislature are elected from 30 districts, each of which elect one senator and two representatives. Members of both chambers serve two-year terms. Since 1993, all legislators are term limited to eight consecutive years in office, but can run again after two years or run for the opposite house than the one in which they ...
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Arizona. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 141 law enforcement agencies employing 14,591 sworn police officers, about 224 for each 100,000 residents.
Arizona is one of five states that do not have a specified lieutenant governor, so the Secretary of State is the first in line to succeed the Governor in the event of death, disability, resignation, or removal from office. The line of succession also includes the attorney general, state treasurer, and superintendent of public instruction.
Clickable map of Arizona area codes in blue (and border states) The U.S. state of Arizona is served by five telephone area codes in three numbering plan areas: Area codes 602, 480, and 623 serve the Phoenix metropolitan area. The three area codes were recombined in 2023 into an overlay complex after a 1999 split:
Andrew Peyton Thomas (born 1966) is an American politician, author and former attorney. [1] He was the county attorney for Maricopa County in Arizona from 2004 until April 6, 2010. [2]