Know Your Rights.

Being charged with a crime is a frightening and frequently overwhelming event filled with uncertainty. Knowing your rights is essential to protecting your rights.

The law office of Janet R. Feeley, L.L.C. offers you a free initial consultation to answer questions such as:

Knowing Your Rights:

  • Search and Seizure – Do the police have the right to search me? My car? My property?
  • DUI: If I am stopped while driving, am I required to consent to a breathalyzer test? To field sobriety tests?.
  • DUI: If I am charged with a DUI, should I ask for a DMV administrative hearing?
  • Assault: What if I am charged for hitting someone when I was provoked? Don’t I have a right to defend myself?
  • Association: Can I be charged for a crime committed by a friend in my presence when I did not take part in the crime?
  • Miranda Right: Does my right to remain silent mean that I can refuse to answer all questions asked by a police officer?

Knowing the Procedure:

  • What does my right to a speedy trial mean?
  • What is a preliminary hearing?
  • What is a pretrial conference?
  • What is Early Disposition Court?
  • What happens if I do not appear for a court date?
  • What happens if I refuse a plea offer?

Our law office is here to answer these questions as well as other questions that you may have. Begin by calling 480-897-0044 for your free initial consultation.
 
Recent News
 
The Arizona Department of Economic Security has the legal authority to suspend or deny the driver’s license or recreational license of a person who has purposely failed to pay child support for more than six months.  A.R.S. § 25-517
 
 

The United States Supreme Court held in June that the Second Amendment confers a right to keep and bear arms by individuals; and that banning handgun possession in the home violates the Second Amendment. District of Columbia v. Heller 128 S.Ct. 2783

  

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