IF YOU HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH A VIOLENT CRIME SUCH AS MURDER, ATTEMPTED MURDER, OR MANSLAUGHTER – CALL MY OFFICE TO DISCUSS YOUR DEFENSE.
A REGULAR CHARGE OF ASSAULT, DISORDERLY CONDUCT, OR CRIMINAL DAMAGE CAN BECOME A “DOMESTIC VIOLENCE” CHARGE UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.
If your circumstances are controlled by the domestic violence laws in Arizona, you could face harsher penalties when it comes time for sentencing. You could be required to attend numerous months of counseling and lose your right to possess a firearm under the Lautenberg Act.
Under A.R.S. 13-3601. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DEFINITION
A. “Domestic violence” means any act that is a dangerous crime against children as defined in section 13-705 or an offense prescribed in section 13-1102, 13-1103, 13-1104, 13-1105, 13-1201, 13-1202, 13-1203, 13-1204, 13-1302, 13-1303, 13-1304, 13-1406, 13-1425, 13-1502, 13-1503, 13-1504, 13-1602 or 13-2810, section 13-2904, subsection A, paragraph 1, 2, 3 or 6, section 13-2910, subsection A, paragraph 8 or 9, section 13-2915, subsection A, paragraph 3 or section 13-2916, 13-2921, 13-2921.01, 13-2923, 13-3019, 13-3601.02 or 13-3623, if any of the following applies:
1. The relationship between the victim and the defendant is one of marriage or former marriage or of persons residing or having resided in the same household.
2. The victim and the defendant have a child in common.
3. The victim or the defendant is pregnant by the other party.
4. The victim is related to the defendant or the defendant’s spouse by blood or court order as a parent, grandparent, child, grandchild, brother or sister or by marriage as a parent-in-law, grandparent-in-law, stepparent, step-grandparent, stepchild, step-grandchild, brother-in-law or sister-in-law.
5. The victim is a child who resides or has resided in the same household as the defendant and is related by blood to a former spouse of the defendant or to a person who resides or who has resided in the same household as the defendant.
6. The relationship between the victim and the defendant is currently or was previously a romantic or sexual relationship. The following factors may be considered in determining whether the relationship between the victim and the defendant is currently or was previously a romantic or sexual relationship:
(a) The type of relationship.
(b) The length of the relationship.
(c) The frequency of the interaction between the victim and the defendant.
(d) If the relationship has terminated, the length of time since the termination.