Pima County man given 10.5 years in dad’s killing

A 35-year-old Pima County man who admitted he stabbed his father to death was sentenced to 10 1/2 years in prison Monday.

Man given 6.5 years in crash that killed Nogales firefighter

A Tucson man was sentenced to 6 1/2 years in prison Monday for killing a Nogales firefighter in a hit-and-run crash last June.

Jury rejects Tucson man’s self-defense claim in murder case

It took a Pima County jury just one hour to reject a Tucson man’s claims he killed another man in self-defense in November 2010.

Public defenders bring home big awards

Three local public defenders were honored recently at the 10th Annual Arizona Public Defender Association Conference in Tempe.

Tucson man who shot girlfriend gets probation

A Tucson man who shot his girlfriend two years ago, partially paralyzing her, was placed on three years probation Tuesday in Pima County Superior Court.

Lawyer pulled from Tucson murder case

The lawyer representing a woman in the bombing death of her former husband has been pulled from the case by Pima County Legal Defender Isabel Garcia who claims the judge has made it “impossible” for the attorney to do his job.