APDA Conference 2026

When clients are arraigned years after charges were filed or show up with a pile of outstanding warrants from local courts, the reason, more often than we expect, is faulty service. The Arizona Supreme Court requires the State to exercise due diligence in locating the defendant, and most service attempts in Justice and Municipal Courts fail to meet that standard. Courts routinely exclude this time from Rule 8, but these delays are Rule 8 violations when properly argued. This course will teach defenders how to spot service failures, how to investigate and document them, and how to dismiss cases where the delay has exceeded Rule 8 time.