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Victim Representation

The accused is not the only person in a criminal case who needs a lawyer. Arizona’s Victims’ Bill of Rights gives the victim of a crime the right to be present, to be heard, to refuse a defense interview, to confer with the prosecutor before a plea is offered, and to restitution. The prosecutor represents the State, not the victim, and those two interests do not always align. A victim with private counsel has someone at the table whose only job is to protect the victim’s rights and needs.

Ms. Jakobe represents victims in asserting those rights from the first police report through sentencing, and she has been successful at getting individuals indicted. Twenty-one years of defending the very same allegations means she knows what a prosecutor needs to charge a case, what the defense will do with it, and how to make sure the victim’s side is heard.