Monica is a legal commentator and practicing attorney with her own successful practice. She currently co-hosts The Agenda on KTAR and is KTAR's Legal Analyst. She has provided legal analysis on several national networks including HLN (shows including News Now, Happening Now In America, HLN After Dark, Evening Express, Raising America, Nancy Grace, Jane Velez-Mitchell, Dr. Drew), ABC's Good Morning America, Fox's The O'Reilly Factor, Neil Cavuto's Real World, Studio B with Shep Smith, and CNN's Headline News.
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UNCATEGORIZED | Jan 5, 2015Legally Speaking: New year, same games in Jodi Arias retrial
The trial in State v. Jodi Arias was scheduled to resume Monday but that didn't happen.
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UNCATEGORIZED | Jan 2, 2015
New Year’s resolutions for the players in the Jodi Arias trial
What resolutions should the players in the State v. Jodi Arias trial have? (Besides the obvious one -- ending the never ending saga)
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ARIZONA NEWS | Dec 16, 2014Legally Speaking: Court says public can watch Jodi Arias testify
The Arizona Court of Appeals has said it loud and proud: Judge Sherry Stephens was wrong when she excluded the public and the media from the courtroom when convicted murderer Jodi Arias testified.
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UNCATEGORIZED | Dec 15, 2014Legally Speaking: The Jodi Arias evidentiary hearing is over and very little should change
Is Jodi Arias going to be <a href="/305/1790954/Legally-Speaking-Why-was-convicted-murder-Debra-Milke-set-free">another Debra Milke</a>? Will she soon see the world as a free woman?
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UNCATEGORIZED | Dec 13, 2014Legally Speaking: Why was convicted murder Debra Milke set free?
People of Maricopa County, and Arizona, are asking the question "what the heck is going on here?"
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UNCATEGORIZED | Dec 5, 2014Legally Speaking: Phoenix killing mirrors those by police in Ferguson, New York
Tuesday evening, a Phoenix police officer fatally shot an unarmed 34-year-old man while responding to a resident's call of criminal activity.
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UNCATEGORIZED | Dec 2, 2014Legally Speaking: Dismissing death for Jodi Arias could be a reality
The Jodi Arias defense team filed a motion on Thanksgiving eve again asking Judge Sherry Stephens to remove…
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UNCATEGORIZED | Nov 25, 2014Legally Speaking: How a grand jury works, and what happened in Ferguson
Monday St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert McCulloch announced a grand jury in Ferguson, Missouri did not find that police officer Darren Wilson should be charged with a crime in the killing of Michael Brown.
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UNCATEGORIZED | Nov 25, 2014Legally Speaking: The Jodi Arias trial is a battlefield
Trial resumed Monday in State v. Jodi Arias with the continued cross-examination by prosecutor Juan Martinez of defense expert Dr. Miccio-Fonseca and it was a battle of wits and wills.
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UNCATEGORIZED | Nov 24, 2014Legally Speaking: Drama, drama, drama in Jodi Arias case
There are three dramas going on right now in the State v. Jodi Arias case.
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UNCATEGORIZED | Nov 13, 2014Legally Speaking: Dissection of Travis Alexander emails point to emotional conflict
A psychologist testified that emails showed that Travis Alexander had two distinct sides, almost like Jekyll and Hyde.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Nov 10, 2014Jodi Arias’ lawyers file motion to dismiss all charges
Attorneys for convicted murderer Jodi Arias have filed a motion to dismiss all charges against her, alleging prosecutorial misconduct.
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UNCATEGORIZED | Nov 4, 2014Legally Speaking: Jodi Arias trial could spill over into 2015
The attorneys were back in the courtroom Tuesday in State v. Jodi Arias arguing over what an Arizona Court of Appeals Order meant and what direction this multimillion-dollar trial will take next.
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UNCATEGORIZED | Nov 2, 2014Legally Speaking: Legal insanity in the Jodi Arias retrial
I have said time and time again the State v. Jodi Arias is the poster child for "unpredictable." Just when you think the trial is heading north it ends up heading south. This week the players did nothing to rebut and, in fact, solidified, this statement.
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UNCATEGORIZED | Oct 29, 2014Legally Speaking: We have a new power player in the Jodi Arias trial
This player is strong, commanding, and assertive. You may think that you have seen him before but I don't think so. This player is Kirk Nurmi, Jodi Arias' lead defense attorney.
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UNCATEGORIZED | Oct 22, 2014Legally Speaking: Who are the jurors deciding the fate of Jodi Arias?
Who are the jurors deciding the fate of Jodi Arias? Tuesday saw the swearing in of the jury and opening statements in the retrial of convicted murderer Jodi Arias.
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UNCATEGORIZED | Oct 21, 2014Legally Speaking: Do you have what it takes to be a Jodi Arias juror?
On Oct. 21, 18 strangers will come together for the first time and sit in the most important seats in Judge Sherry Stephens' courtroom.
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UNCATEGORIZED | Oct 15, 2014Legally Speaking: Craziest things overheard during the Jodi Arias jury selection
The court went through 400 potential jurors and as you would expect, there were plenty of comments made that were insightful, laughable, emotional and unbelievable.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Oct 7, 2014Legally Speaking: Grilling potential jurors makes for long day in court
Day Three of jury selection in the State v. Jodi Arias case was one of the longest days the trial has seen.
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UNCATEGORIZED | Oct 6, 2014Legally Speaking: Comparing jury selections in the Jodi Arias case
Monday is the third day of jury selection in the State v. Jodi Arias case.
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UNCATEGORIZED | Oct 1, 2014Legally Speaking: First round of jury selection for Jodi Arias retrial finishes
Wednesday marked the end of the first round of jury selection in State v. Jodi Arias. Approximately 176 potential jurors, whom I affectionately refer to as "survivors," now have to complete the juror questionnaire and return for small group questioning.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Sep 29, 2014Legally Speaking: Monday was the beginning of the end for Jodi Arias
Monday marks the beginning of the end for Jodi Arias. Jury selection in the State v. Arias case has started.
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UNCATEGORIZED | Sep 23, 2014Legally Speaking: Lot of action but few changes going into Jodi Arias retrial
A lot has happened but nothing has really changed in the State v. Jodi Arias, a year after she was found guilty of murder.
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UNCATEGORIZED | Sep 17, 2014Legally Speaking: Jodi Arias retrial on schedule, jury specifics given
There is light at the end of the tunnel! The retrial of the penalty phase in State v.…