Aggressive Representation For Complex Criminal Cases
Few situations feel more frustrating than getting caught up in someone else's mistake. If police find drugs in a shared car, apartment or other common space, you may wonder whether you can face criminal charges even if the drugs do not belong to you. In Utah, the...
Utah’s DUI penalties changed significantly on Jan. 1, 2026. Now, if the police pull you over, the stakes go far beyond a standard fine or a short license suspension. House Bill 437 introduced an "interdiction" system for certain alcohol-related offenses. The law...
Understanding how bail bonds work in Utah can help you navigate the first stages of a criminal case with more clarity. Utah’s system focuses on securing your appearance in court and assessing risk rather than punishing you before trial. How bail works in Utah A judge...
Spanking with a Belt is not Per Se Child Abuse In a juvenile court case, the parents had been accused of child abuse and neglect. As part of the adjudication of the case, the parties stipulated that the parents used a belt to spank the children, including a belt with...
While assault sounds like a simple charge it is in fact very complicated and can include a lot of different things. Even when people use the phrase simple assault that still could mean two different possible actions. The baseline for this crime is an attempt to do...
DUI Metabolite is not Unconstitutional Say Utah Supreme Court Wyatt Jeff Outzen was charged with DUI metabolite because he fell asleep while driving and struck the back of another car. Utah Highway Patrol troopers did not find any contraband in Mr. Outzen’s car, but...
Actual Physical Control of a Vehicle You Aren’t Driving In State v. Cook, 2017 UT App 8, the court addressed a DUI involving a four wheeler and whether the defendant, who wasn’t driving the four wheeler, was in actual physical control of the vehicle. In that case,...
In 2003, Jimenez-Wiss pleaded guilty in justice court to her first DUI offense, a class B misdemeanor. She pleaded guilty again in justice court in 2008 to her second DUI offense, which resulted in a suspended fifty-day jail sentence. She did not pursue a direct...
Multiple Aggravated Robbery Counts May Be Combined Under the Single Larceny Rule Three friends drove together to a cell phone store where they entered the store but did not lock the car doors. Bell was someone inside the store, but when he left he began checking cars...
Consensual Sex Is Defined by Utah Statute Whether sex is consensual has been the topic of many a court case. One party stating it was not consensual sex, the other party having the opposite perception. The issue of consensual sex has come up over the years so much in...