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Insights on Utah DUI law, defense strategy, and protecting your rights.
Step 4: Requesting the Discovery and Evidence for your Utah DUI arrest
The next step after you have hired a lawyer is to obtain all the evidence concerning your case. As soon as you leave our office, we make a request for several items. There is a laundry list that we request and that every DUI attorney should request depending on […]
Step 3: Going to Court on your Utah DUI for the First Time
The Arraignment: The first court hearing is called the arraignment. The citation will tell you to contact the court not less than 5 days and not more than 14 days. This is preprinted on the citation forms all over Utah. However, if you are booked into jail, many times the releasing agency will give you […]
Step 2: Contact a Lawyer
The next step is to have an evaluation done on your DUI case. Contact an attorney that specializes in DUI Defense. We offer a free 30 minute evaluation of your case. Many people think their case is hopeless. A lawyer who specializes in DUI Defense has the ability of spotting issues that many people miss. […]
Step 1: Request a Driver’s License Hearing after arrested for DUI In Utah
The first step in any arrest for DUI is requesting a Driver License Hearing. Many people want to bury their head in the sand after an arrest occurs. They don’t want to think about, take some time to process what just happened. They hear the officer spew words about contacting the Court no earlier than […]
Utah DUI Driver License Suspensions and Ignition Interlock
A lawyer called me the other day about an ignition interlock law that came into effect July 2012. The essential facts concerning the case is that the citizen was arrested for DUI and plead to a reduced charge of Impaired. He refused a breath test. The refusal triggered an 18 month suspension/revocation of his […]
Utah DUI Survival Guide: A Citizen’s Protection Manual
If you live a life style of going to a club or bar, even occasionally, you need to read this book. I authored this book with nationwide known attorney’s Bruce Edge and John Hunsucker. The people who have read it has told me that “anyone who drinks alcohol needs to read this book.” The book […]
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DUI Utah Highway Patrol Trooper found not Credible by Two Different District Court Judges
I was interviewed by Chris Vanocur, ABC Channel 4 News the day before Judge Kouris announced that the Trooper had no credibility and dismissed the case that Trooper Steed was the arresting officer. The case was about whether Trooper Steed had a legal reason to pull over the citizen in the case. She said […]
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Utah DUI and Bail Bonds
When a person is arrested in Utah for DUI and taken to jail, many things can happen. A person can be ordered bail, usually in the range of $1500 to $2500 depending on additional charges for a first offense, or sometimes they are released on their own recognizance (meaning the jail has determined the person […]
Utah DUI Checkpoints Violates the Search and Seizure Protections
I was interviewed by a paper in St. George Utah. A guest writer Brittany Stoker wrote the following for my Blog. According to current law, police officers are prohibited from pulling people over unless there is a reason for them to suspect that a person is breaking the law (reasonable suspicion). However, there is one […]
UHP Less than Truthful about Utah DUI Officer
Chris Jones from Channel 2 News Utah interviewed me about the UHP’s handling of Trooper Steed’s misdeeds. In 2010, Channel interviewed me and UHP. UHP told Channel 2 if Channel 2 was to pull other arrests that Trooper Steed was involved in, no misdeeds would be found. Channel 2 then received two letters of reprimand […]