I appreciate your assistance with the following case: My 22 yrs old brother was arrested on june 28 at 2:01 am in Mesa. Arizona for 1- possesion of marihuana, 2- possesion of drug paraphernalia, and 3- robbery. He was very drunk and went to a 7 eleven store to get 2 beers, got to the counter, the cashier asked for Id and payment and he did not have any money, he went to the back of the store, took two beers, one beer bottle felt to the floor and broke, he ordered the cashier to come and clean it right away, the cashier refused, my brother went and grabbed him and brought him to the back of the store to clean while he walked out of teh store with one bottle of beer, he gave it to his 18 yrs old drunk friend who was outside of the store. Minutes later he returned to the store and wanted to get more beers and cigarrettes, when the cashier told him no, he grabbed him form his arms, and ordered to give it to him, the cashier refused. My brother then got very upset went behind the counter and started ordering the cashier to put cigarrettes in a bag, he grabbed and pushed the man repeatedly. The cashier called the store manager (also owner), and when he came he told my brother to walk out of the store immediately and he refused, the owner walked out of the store to call the police, my brother grabbed a bottle and chased him in the parking lot, he throw a beer bottle at him but missed him, so the bottle broke in the floor. The owner then entered another store and the police arrested my brother in the parking lot. All activity is recorded, there are 9 cameras in the store and parking lot. I have not seen the tapes, I spoke to the owner in person and he told me what I just described. He was arrested from Sunday June 28- Friday July 4th, I bailed him out for $4500. His first court date is Monday July 3 at 8:30am. We have $1000, a lawyer is asking for $5000, He is going to be assigned a public defendant, Can we trust them to defend him? My brother is a legal resident, if he is convicted for a felony he might be deported or loose his ability to renew his alien resident card (which he has lost) and may not be able to become a US citizen. I heard they will offer an arraignment, what can he accept or negotiate that will not affect his legal status or when applying for a job? What is the classification of these offenses and what are the possible convictions? Can this be consider a misdemeanor if he agrees to do some tie in jail? Please advice. Thanks a lot!