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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 United States District Court for the District of Arizona is the sole federal judicial district in Arizona. [3] Court for the District is held at Phoenix , Tucson , Yuma and Flagstaff . Magistrate courts, established to hear violations on federal lands, are additionally located in Grand Canyon National Park , Kingman , and Page .
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.
The public defender system is not the only form of indigent defense program offered in the United States. Besides the public defender system, there are two other main alternatives: assigned-counsel system and contract-service system. [3] Assigned-counsel is where the court appoints a private lawyer to defend someone who cannot afford to pay. [3]
One of the responsibilities of the Maricopa County Recorder's Office is the recordation and maintenance of public documents. These public records include an array of documents but the vast majority are real-estate related. The Office records approximately 1 million documents annually and interacts with 3,000 to 5,000 customers on a daily basis ...
The Arizona Department of Economic Security (DES) is a government agency of the State of Arizona. DES works with families, community organizations, advocates and state and federal partners to realize our collective vision that every child, adult, and family in Arizona will be safe and economically secure.
The Commission issued a report in 2002, proposing changes to the "public defender’s office for capital cases, adjustments to laws and court rules, and minimum competency requirements." [ 1 ] In 2007, due to the high number of pending capital cases after the election of Andrew Thomas as Maricopa County Attorney, Arizona Supreme Court Justice ...