Blog Home Recent Posts in the Criminal Sentencing Category New Arizona Law Makes Wearing Disguises or Masks an Aggravated Factor When Committing a Crime Oct 23, 2018 Lawmakers in Arizona passed a law earlier this year making wearing a disguise while committing a crime an aggravating circumstance. Prior to the ... Posted By MayesTelles PLLC Continue Reading Arizona Mandatory Minimums: Now Available in PowerPoint Format! May 11, 2016 MayesTelles’ article, A Look at Arizona’s Mandatory Minimum Sentences , is now available in PowerPoint format! Now downloadable and easy to digest, ... Posted By MayesTelles PLLC Continue Reading Blake Mayes Featured in The Huffington Post to Comment on Warren Sapp Plea Deal Nov 23, 2015 "[Sapp] lucked out because he was in the city of Phoenix, which means he was in [the jurisdiction of] Phoenix Municipal Court," Blake told The ... Posted By MayesTelles PLLC Continue Reading Everything You Need to Know About Drug Possession Charges Oct 12, 2015 Drug possession is defined as knowingly or intentionally having illicit narcotics on your person or property. Law enforcement can charge you for ... Posted By MayesTelles Continue Reading What You Need to Know about Diversion Programs in Maricopa County Sep 25, 2015 Mistakes are an inevitable part of life. They should be lessons learned, rather than life altering catastrophes. In Maricopa County, there is an ... Posted By Mayes Telles Continue Reading Can a Computerized Test Pinpoint Potential Sex Offenders? Jul 22, 2015 Dr. Gene G. Abel claims he has found a way to identify people who are likely to commit sex offenses against children. Using criteria such as “visual ... Posted By MayesTelles PLLC Continue Reading Automatic Appeals for Death Penalty Sentences in Arizona Jul 15, 2015 One procedural rule that many Arizonians may not be aware of is that death penalty cases are all automatically appealed and sent for review to the ... Posted By MayesTelles PLLC Continue Reading Supreme Court Rules on Provocation Manslaughter & Instructing Juries Jul 8, 2015 In State v. Lua , Vice Chief Justice Pelander, writing on behalf of the Arizona Supreme Court, explained why the court decided to uphold the ... Posted By MayesTelles PLLC Continue Reading Page of 2