 Hi I'm David Cantor with the Law Offices of David Michael Cantor and today I'm going to talk about the Haciampa Justice Court. Now if you are cited for a crime, a misdemeanor crime, either by a MCSO that's Maricopa County Sheriff's Office Officer or Department of Public Safety Deputy then you will be in the Haciampa Justice Court providing you fall in certain boundaries. If you're charged by a city cop you're going to be in city court and that's a different topic. Now the Haciampa Justice Court I'm going to show you the map here. The basic boundaries are to the north is the I-60 that's the road up to Wickenburg, to the south is Bell Road, to the east is Lake Pleasant Road and to the west is Eagle Eye Road. So if you're stopped within that jurisdiction by either MCSO or DPS you're going to go to this court. Now this court's address is 14264 West Tierra Buena Lane and that's in Surprise, Arizona 85374. Now when you get there the parking is going to be up front. It has plenty of parking and you don't have to pay for it. So that's good. When you go in make sure you're dressed appropriately. Don't wear cut offs or t-shirts. Dress as if you're going to a job interview or colored shirts. Don't have a hat or sunglasses on that just angers the judge will probably tell you to take it off. Now when you get there the judge is going to be Miles Keegan. He's a newly elected judge so I don't know much about him but what I do know is he's not a lawyer. Yes you heard me right. The judge has never been to law school he's not a lawyer. Now why is that? Under the Arizona Constitution you can be elected as a justice of the peace without going to law school. So what happens is he will get several weeks of training and then he'll go in and held judge, guilt or innocence or make rulings regarding the legalities of stops etc. with very limited knowledge. That's why it's important to have a skilled attorney who can explain the law to the judge who can file briefs giving him the other side of the story just not the officer's side of the story. Another reason you want to have a private lawyer is when you go into court here's the order of appearances. First people that are seen are the interpreter clients that means they don't speak English so the interpreter gets there and it's the in custody interpreter followed by the out of custody defendants that need an interpreter. Next is the in custody English speakers and then it goes on to private counsel and that's where we can get you up and out of court in about 30 minutes that's the goal. If you don't use us and you're not represented or you have a public defender what starts happening is they just go alphabetical. So if you're late in alphabetical order you may be sitting there all morning and into the afternoon before you even see the judge. Now if you've been charged with a crime a misdemeanor and you fall into the Haciampa justice court give us a call. We have excellent attorneys lots of experience if you go to our website www.dmcantor.com you're going to see all of our wins. We have over 130 complete acquittals at the jury trial. We know what we're doing. We look forward to hearing from you soon.