BIO SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2006' THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC VallevlOl ESB 12 News Weather Plus forecast pi i i 5i Clay Thompson's TnniV SIINDAV MONDAY SUNDAY THURSDAY WEDNESDAY Thunder column will 'Unwritten polic gives non-impaired killer drivers an out .11 il storms storms FRIDAY Chance High 98 Low 78 TUESDAY Thunder- storms T'J" High 93 Low 78 Chance of storms High 101 Low 84 return Sept. 10. Thunder- storms t'F High 95 Low 80 ofstormsfrj High 96 Low 78 High 94 Low 77 High 107 Low 84 Uanbe Sarah For updated weather, send a text message with and your ZIP code to 4INF0 (44636). Phoenix and Arizona PHOENIX TEMPERATURE Average High Average Low Daily All summer long, people have been asking me when Haluk Kandas will be arrested for the fiery collision that incinerated a family on their way to church in Scottsdale. For 11 weeks, they have been asking and for 11 weeks I've been giving the same answer: Don't hold your breath.
In Maricopa County, you UV INDEX Very Low Moderate High high "i A higher number means an increased risk lor sun damage. POLLUTION Good: 0-50 Moderate: 51-100 Unhealthful: More than 100 For 24 hours ended yesterday 3 p.m. Carbon Particulates monoxide Ozone 100-90" Ex-judge arraigned in forgeries Disbarred attorney could face prison By Michael Kiefer The Arizona Republic 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 Last Sep. 14 Full Sep. 7' YESTERDAY High: 107" Low: 85" Rainfall: 0.00" High, low relative humidity: 4515 Barometric pressure at 5 p.m.: 29.71 High, low dew point: 63750" Rainfall to date: 4.U" or -normal to date: TODAY Record high: 112 in 1982 Record low: 64" in 1964 Normal high, low: 102779 C.
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30 POLLEN FORECAST Very Low Moderate High high 1 Predominant polleti: Trees. Source: www.weather.com. LAWN WATERING .53" is needed for Bermuda grass if last watered 3 days ago. Information: Phoenix Water Conservation Office: (602) 256-3370. www.wateruseitwisely.com can kill someone with your car and get away with it as long as police can't prove you were drunk or high.
At least, that's how it's always seemed to And to Cherise Graham. Prosecutors informed her this year that they wouldn't be going after the drug addict who ran a red light in Mesa, killing her fiance. And to Andrea Malat- VI Source: Maricopa County Air Quality Department, (602) 506-6010 DEW POINT FORECAST Most evaporative coolers are effective only when dew point is below 55 degrees. Laurie Roberts Republic columnist 58 8 a.m.: 58 3 p.m.: 56 ARIZONA -10s -0s fOV 10s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s Grand Canvnn Village: Ranch: Winfjnw 79 WO" 72" 50W 80" 55" Nelson: 83' 57" Kingman: Williams: 58 jl' 77 76 50 Winslow: 8T 64' 109-e82pity: 68- .1 Eaear: Friday Today Sunday Friday Today Sunday HI Lo Pre HI Lo Sky HI Lo Sky HI Lo Pre HI Lo Sky Hi Lo Sky Alpine 73 45 .81 73 45 th 71 44 th Nogales 92 64 88 66 th, 82 61 th Benson missing 87 67 th 80 65 th Organ Pipe nr 63 102 76 th 96 75 th Bisbee nr 60 nr 80 64 th 74 57 th Page 92 66 .08 90 67 pc 90 67 pc Buckeye missing 105 83 th 10081 th Payson 90 58 86 61 th 85 60 th Bullhead City missing 10982 pc 107 86 pc Phoenix 107 85 107 84 th 10184 th CnyndeChy 88 57 86 62 th 84 56 pc Pinelop 79 49 77 53 th 75 51 th Carefree 104 77 102 83 th 99 81 th Prescott 90 56.01 84 63 th 83 60 pc Casa Grande 108 77 102 80 th 96 76 th Safford 94 71 93 67 th 89 66 th Coolidge 107 76 105 80 th 98 78 th St. Johns 91 56 87 61 th 85 60 th Cottonwood 98 64 92 67 th 91 68 pc Sedona 93 66 89 68 th 88 66 pc Douglas missing '89 66 th 83 62 th Show Low 83 53 80 58 th 78 56 th Flagstaff 79 46 .01 76 50 th 74 51 pc Sierra Vista 90 66 86 65 th 80 60 th Gila Bend 109 80 10686 th 100 84 th Springerville 80 47 82 56 Ih 8155 th Globe 96 64 95 69 th 90 68 th Tucson 100 75 96 75 th 89 71 th Grand Canyon 84 46 79 47 th 78 49 pc Wickenburg 102 69 .55 103 76 th 99 74 th Greer 69 45 nr 70 49 ttr 70 48 th Willcox missing 89 65 th 83 61 th Heber 77 49 .11 80 53 th 77 49 th Williams 87 57 77 50 th 76 50 pc Holbrook missing 85 60 th 85 60 th Winslow 91 56 87 64 th 86 60 th Kingman 98 68 98 71 pc 96 72 pc Youngtown 107 78 .09 10583 th 99 81 th LkHvsuCity 110 81 10884 pc 107 87 pc Yuma 109 86 10685 pc 100 81 pc otarsnavdiu oKrescon: 0 a mo' oji' r' Rfi fil o3D 00 oi k.my.
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and the world TEMPERATURES AND WEATHER FRONTS NATION (g)High (T)Low Cold front Warm Stationary front front Friday Today Sunday Hi Lo Pre Hi Lo Sky Hi Lo Sky 10s -0s f0? 10s 30s 50s 60s 70s 80s WIS 80 61 pc 10580 pc 84 63 pc 92 66 76 57 pc A Phoenix attorney who had already been disbarred and forced to resign his elected position of justice of the peace was arraigned Friday in Maricopa County Superior Court on five counts of forgery. According to his indictment, Jesse Miranda is accused of presenting four forged quitclaim deeds and one forged power of attorney to the County Recorder's Office in December 2004. The of fense carries a penalty of three to six years in prison. Miranda's attorney, Antonio Bustamante, entered not-guilty pleas on Miranda's behalf but refused to comment about the charges. Miranda, 54, was disbarred in 2005 and in 2006, based on two sets of ethical complaints against him.
The State Bar of Arizona, the body that licenses and polices lawyers in the state, questioned Miranda about complaints filed against him by clients. Some of the complaints involved funds not returned to clients. According to Matt Silverman of the Bar, Miranda's failure to respond to the accusations was taken as an admission, and he was disbarred, forbidden to practice law in Arizona. In August 2005, Miranda resigned from his elected position of justice of the peace rather than face charges of judicial misconduct. The Arizona Commission on Judicial Conduct cited three counts against Miranda: that he was in the process of being disbarred for ethical misconduct; that he had been involved in possible criminal conduct; and that he had continued to practice law while suspended and after he had been elected Maryvale justice of the peace in 2004.
The commission's statement of charges detailed instances in which clients accused Miranda of selling prop erties and peeping the proceeds or failing to return other funds. In 2003, according to the statement, Miranda agreed to help a woman sell her house to avoid foreclosure and had her sign the property over to him. He then allowed another woman to live in it rent-free for three months. The homeowner still received a foreclosure notice. Reach the reporter at michael.kieferarizona republic.com or (602) Friday Today Hi Lo Pre Hi Lo Sky 72 52 68 57 83 65 .05 75 58 th 81 61 67 55 th 61 47 59 45 pc 85 70 .04 85 66 pc 68 67 72 64 Ih 101 69 98 70 pc 67 61 .66 75 63 th 89 67 90 69 pc 66 45 .05 76 50 Albany, NY Albuquerque Amanita Anchorage Atlanta Atlantic City Austin Baltimore Baton Rouge 66 .30 72 56 th 73 1.17 72 .18 esta.
Prosecutors have spent all summer shopping for a judge who will agree to a ridiculously soft plea deal for the driver who blasted through a red light in Scottsdale, leaving Malatesta with life-altering injuries. Turns out we were right. Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas acknowledged Wednesday that his office has an "unwritten policy" on when prosecutors will go after a driver who kills or maims someone. "When there's evidence of impairment, the standard has been to charge," he said. "When there isn't evidence of impairment, we haven't." That's good news for Kandas.
Investigators found no evidence of impairment after he rammed the Walls family's minivan while exiting Loop 101 on June 16. I'm guessing that's why he's still walking free. And why prosecutors are pushing such a sweet deal for the driver who left Malatesta with a broken body and a brain injury. She and two others were injured in May 2005 when Tamra Leah Chastain ran a red light at Scottsdale Road and Goldwater Boulevard, going 10 mph over the limit, according to police. Chastain, who had meth-amphetamine in her system, did poorly on field sobriety tests and told police she'd been "way to drunk to drive" earlier! But police waited five hours to take blood.
By then there was no alcohol in her system. A grand jury insisted on charging her with five felonies and misdemeanor DUI but prosecutors quickly offered to drop all felony charges. Two judges have turned down that deal, with one calling it "a manifest injustice." Prosecutors plan to take it to a third judge on Sept. 11. Or they did.
After reading an account of the Chastain case on Wednesday, Thomas told me he's going to revisit the case. "I'm confidant you will see our office taking a different posture," he said. In fact, Thomas told me he's reconsidering the entire no impairment-no charges policy. He said he began to question it several months ago, after hearing about Cherise Graham's fiance, which makes you wonder why his office has been shopping the Chastain deal all summer, but I digress. Graham's fiance, Larry Warner, was killed instantly in December 2004 when a 22-year-old drug addict on probation gunned it and ran a red light at Gilbert Road and University Drive in Mesa, according to police.
The driver had traces of three illegal drugs in his system and police suspected he was impaired. But in March, prosecutors took a pass. Thomas said he plans to reconsider that one, too. Too often, he said, his office has rejected such cases because they're harder to win. I can see why.
It's a slam dunk, after all, to prove that someone's been criminally reckless or negligent if you can prove they're drunk. But if not? "The assumption," he said, "is that juries will not convict drivers who are specifically inattentive or negligent." Well, let's find out. Read Roberts at laurie.robertsarizona republic.com or (602) 444-8635. Read her blog at robertsblog.azcentral.com. 'h 62 90 66 I 81 62 pc 89 76 th 76 63 th 70 59 pc 72 55 90 69 pc 80 61 pc 90 74 pc 70 64 84 71 th Birmingham Bismarck Boise Boston Brownsville Buffalo 58 67 73 .01 72 62 84 46 69 60 97 74 70 56 70 8.13 85 63 pc 66 47 87 57 65 58 sh 95 73 pc 64 55 70 54 sh 72 47 70 43 90 72 pc 71 60 84 65 pc 81 62 pc 61 40 pc 74 60 pc 70 56 66 57 Burlington.
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Janet Napolitano each are running with private financing. Republican nomination for governor other means of reaching Republicans have received nearly $454,000 of pub- Goldwater said he used privately raised "seed money" to already produce two TV commercials. Deputy Secretary of State Kevin Tyne said counties' checks of all of Goldwater's $5 contributions determined that enough were valid for him to qualify for state funding. MMinmi -vm p-m MhJ DAY( 1 I f. ft I W.
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