Utah Criminal Defense Lawyer’s Advice: Say Nothing Incriminating to the Police One of the most frustrating parts about being a Utah criminal defense lawyer is that we are not able to be with our clients when they are pulled over by law enforcement. If we were present with our client in the car when they get pulled over the first…
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The Entrapment Defense in Utah
Utah Entrapment Defense Lawyer Many clients come to our office with concerns that they may have been entrapped by police officers or agents into committing a crime. Entrapment is a complete defense to a crime. This means you should be acquitted and your charges dismissed in circumstances which amount to entrapment by police officers. However, while entrapment is a complete…
Utah Heroin Crimes and Defense
Within the seed pod of the Asian poppy plant hides a substance known as morphine. Morphine is a pain reliever that is often medically used to treat severe pain. The affects of morphine can last for more than a few days. The substance known as heroin can be synthesized from morphine as well. This substance is voluntarily placed into the…
Utah Driving Under the Influence of Marijuana Lawyer
Any preparation of cannabis sativa can be defined as marijuana. Marijuana, in turn, can be referred to as pot, weed, grass, reefer etc. and can be smoked in a pipe or rolled into a cigarette. It is the oldest known drug aside from alcohol. Marijuana acts with sedative and hallucinogenic symptoms on the central and cardiovascular systems. Thus, in low…
Defense Against Utah Drug Charges
Misdemeanor and Felony Drug Charges Because of the growing rate in our society of drug abuse and illegal possession of drugs, some misdemeanors involving drugs are starting to be classified as felonies. Whether a drug crime is a misdemeanor or felony is often dependent on the jurisdiction, however. In Utah, drug crimes are defined by statute. The drug statutes are…
Spice Illegal in Ogden and Cache County | Utah Spice Attorney
Utah Legislators Protecting People from Themselves…Again In the infinite wisdom of the bureaucrats (who apparently have not read the history of Prohibition) of Ogden and Cache County, spice is now illegal and joins the ranks with marijuana and other controlled substances. Laws like this are very interesting to Salcido Law Firm because we understand that like all drug laws it…
Utah Criminal Defense Attorney
What is a Felony? A felony is a severe crime that can result in serious consequences. Rape, murder, burglary etc. are crimes that constitute felonies. Historically speaking felonies resulted from one’s violation of the natural rights of another. Stealing from or physical injuring a person violates their natural rights and the common law looked very disfavorably on such offenses. Today,…
Severing Federal Drug Crimes
Federal Drug Crimes Joined with Other Offenses Most often a defendant, in a Utah drug crimes case in federal court, will be charged with more than one offense. He could be charged with possession of meth and marijuana along with a charge of burglary or arson. This increases the amount of evidence against the defendant and thus decreases the defendant’s…
Drug Possession and Your Driver’s License
Utah Drug Possession Defense Lawyer At Salcido Law Firm PLLC our attorneys are contacted nearly every day by someone who has been cited for possession of marijuana or other drugs. What most people don’t know is that a conviction for the mere possession of marijuana, heroine, crack, etc. will result in the loss of your driver’s license…for six months. This…
Criminal Lenity
What is the Principle of Criminal Lenity? There is a long standing principle in Criminal Defense that if a new law is passed which reduces a criminal penalty that a criminal defendant gets the benefit of that law so long as he has not been sentenced. This means that if you are charged with a third degree felony in January. …