by Chris Rike | Dec 1, 2014 | Police, Traffic Violations
That headline may sound like a joke, but it is really quite serious. Earlier this year in New Mexico, a first-year law student was pulled over by an Albuquerque Police Department officer. During the traffic stop, Officer Padilla directed the student to sit on the...
by Chris Rike | Nov 10, 2014 | Traffic Violations
Defensive Driving School (DDS) DDS in a nutshell: 4 hour class Can be taken online or in person Can take it once every 12 months to get a civil moving violation dismissed. Costs $200+, depending on the court handling your ticket. Defensive Driving School is a...
by Chris Rike | Nov 7, 2014 | Traffic Violations
The Law Most speeding tickets are civil in nature (as opposed to criminal speeding tickets). You can usually identify if your speeding ticket is civil by looking to see if the “civil” box is checked on your ticket. A.R.S. 28-701(A) is the statute that...
by Chris Rike | Apr 22, 2014 | firearms, Police
You are driving along in a safe manner, minding your own business, and out of the blue a cop pulls you over for doing something police do every day with no consequences (like changing lanes without a blinker or speeding). As you are pulling over, you think about the...
by Chris Rike | Apr 8, 2014 | Criminal Defense
There are three possible pleas in a criminal defense case: Not Guilty, Guilty, and No Contest that can be entered at your arraignment. Not Guilty Plea A plea of “Not Guilty” means that the defendant denies guilt, and will require that the prosecutor prove...
by Chris Rike | Feb 19, 2014 | Criminal Defense, Victimless Crimes
A victimless crime is an activity that the government has decreed criminal even though there is no identifiable victim. A victimless crime is an activity that is performed by one or more consenting people, that causes no harm, injury or violation to anyone outside of...
by Chris Rike | Feb 10, 2014 | Criminal Defense
John Morales, an actor who once played McGruff the Crime Dog, was recently sentenced to 16 years in federal prison. In 2011, Morales was pulled over while driving in Texas and a drug sniffing dog alerted on the trunk of Morales’ car. Police then searched his...
by Chris Rike | Feb 9, 2014 | Criminal Defense, Traffic Violations
There is a long history of considerate drivers warning other drivers of police speed traps by flashing their headlights to oncoming traffic. What you probably don’t know is some police will try to issue you a traffic citation if you flash your headlights to...
