Start Transcript I’m Burges McCowan, criminal defense attorney here in the Phoenix area. I’m going to talk to you about a recent case I had, an aggravated DUI. That’s ARS 28-1383. Ben was an old client of mine who we went to trial on a DUI and won. Unfortunately, he got another DUI. This time […]
Start Transcript: I’m Burges McCowan, criminal defense attorney here in the Phoenix, Arizona area. Today, I’m going to talk about forgery case ARS13-2002. My client, Melinda, had an old forgery case that she was on probation for. Unfortunately a few years later the police charged her with yet another forgery but this forgery actually occurred […]
Start Transcript: I’m Burges McCowan, criminal defense attorney here in the Phoenix, Arizona, area. I want to talk to you about a recent case I had involving kidnapping. ARS 13-1304. Steven was my client. He was charged with kidnapping and possible drug sales. This case involved the SWAT team in fact. They really came after […]
Start Transcript: I’m Burges McCowan, criminal defense attorney in the Phoenix, Arizona, area. Today I’m going to talk about a DUI with drugs case that I recently handled. The client, Amy, was pulled over because she had a marijuana bumper sticker on her vehicle. The officer, knowing that she probably smoked marijuana, went ahead and […]
Start Transcript: This is Burges McCowan, criminal defense attorney here in the Phoenix, Arizona area. I want to talk to you about a case I recently had involving possession of narcotic drugs for sale, ARS13-3408. George is a client of mine that has this case. Unfortunately for him, he was on probation at the time […]
Jury Service is a right not all countries have Start Transcript: I’m Burges McCowan, criminal defense attorney here in the Phoenix, Arizona area. I want to talk to you about jury service. Ufortunately, as a criminal defense attorney,I’ll never get to sit on a trial; I would certainly love to. What I see when I’m […]
The US Supreme Court ruled that the police must get a warrant before searching through the contents of someone’s cell phone. The case is Riley v. California. This is great news for Arizonans, and all Americans, who value privacy rights. The Court was unanimous in its decision, written by Chief Justice John Roberts, and is […]
In Arizona we do not have expungement of your criminal record. Instead we have a ‘set aside‘ which allows you to convert a charge to DISMISSED. This can help with employment situations where a background check is performed. Burges made a video explaining this:
When is a DUI Felony or Misdemeanor AZ? In this video Burges discusses Aggravated DUI AZ Class 4 Felonies which will escalate a misdemeanor DUI to a felony. You can read the transcript on the Aggravated DUI AZ Class 4 Felonies Page. You
Michael was addicted to Meth. To support his habit he would traffic in stolen property. He had numerous prior felonies and was on probation when he was caught with stolen property yet again. He was looking at up to 35 years in prison. Burges took the case and got him evaluated for his addiction and […]