William Crimmins - Attorney at Law

Border Patrol Checkpoint Cases

Arrested or charged at a Border Patrol Checkpoint, near Yuma or Wellton, Arizona or any of the Southern Arizona Border towns? Are you being charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, marijuana or with possession for sale? Then you have reached the right attorney. We routinely handle these cases and have represented clients from states all over the U.S. including California, New Mexico, Texas, Colorado, and Florida.

In most misdemeanor cases we can you assure you that if you live outside Arizona you will not have to travel back to Arizona, unless you want to fight your matter at the trial level. We arrange most of our long distance misdemeanor cases through telephonic appearances so that you can appear in Court from the comfort of your home. Depending on your situation in life, these drug charges can ruin your method of earning a living. Some individuals who have been charged, especially with misdemeanor’s, just want to get it over with, without returning to Arizona, others need to fight the charges to preserve their licences etc. In either case we can assist you.

Many people hire attorneys outside the area, for example from Phoenix, Arizona who charge much more for their services due to them having to travel back and forth for hearings. These attorneys DO NOT work in these courts on a regular basis and do not know the county attorneys or Judges in these courts. Mr. Crimmins is a local attorney in Yuma, Arizona practicing for over 27 years, the last 12 in the Yuma region. He knows the ins and out of the local court systems as well as the Judges and the County Attorneys who handle the Wellton and Yuma Justice Courts.

If your case is being charged as a felony in Yuma County Superior Court, then we can help as well. We are at 100 yards from the court house. Mr. Crimmins handles felony criminal cases on a daily basis. In many, but not all cases, there are a number of possible challenges to felony and misdemeanor charges. These challenges involve attacking the credibility of the dogs and the legality of any search, as well as questions revolving around “Miranda” issues. Mr. Crimmins does not believe in “Hype.” He will give you his honest opinion of the charges against you, good or bad. He will not sugar coat his responses to give you unreasonable hope. Call at any time for a free discussion of your particular situation and needs.

Call our office to dicuss the details, probabilities and possiblities relating to Checkpoint cases. You will get honesty without hype!!! Consultations are alway free of charge. Spanish and English are both spoken here. Korean, Sign and Navajo are available.

Call at:

928-373-9361

or Email.

A WORD OF WARNING ABOUT RECORD EXPUNGEMENT IN ARIZONA:

A review of a number of other attorney's websites indicates that, at least some of them are indicating that when your sentence is complete i.e. you have paid your fine, finished probation etc. they will file what is known a a Motion to Set Aside your conviction which is almost automaticly granted in misdemeanor cases. This DOES NOT erase record as a true expungement would. It can still be used against you as a prior conviction. Anyone looking in Arizona's Public Access Case Look-up will see that you were convicted, but that the judgment was set aside and the charges dismissed. Close to an expungement, but it will be visable to anyone looking close enough. Obviously, this can be a problem depending on your situation in life. We provide this explanation to make you aware that you cannot just pay a fine in the misdemeanor cases and then have your record completely erased. Click on Arizona's Set Aside Statute to view what the law actually says. Felonies can be set aside too, again with the same set of problems. There are, however, other issues to deal with in Felony cases such as getting your civil rights back. If you have questions in either of these areas please give us a call.