Spice and bath salts hit the streets in Utah a few years ago and law enforcement agencies and the state legislature were relatively quick to react. Spice became a huge seller and smoke shops everywhere for a short period of time were selling the substance like crazy and making a lot of money in the process. All kinds of people…
Lesser Than Child Pornography Charges Voyeurism is a Utah sex crime that can range from being a misdemeanor all the way up to a second degree felony. A person is guilty of voyeurism if he intentionally uses a recording device like a camcorder or camera to photograph, film, or otherwise surreptitiously record a person to view the person’s body in…
Below are some basic laws regarding the property rights of married individuals: A wife can enter into contracts with the same consequences as though she weren’t married. Yes, this is actually a statute in the Utah Code. It is a change from the common law which prohibited married women from entering into contracts. All such property rights were effected through…
Don’t Get in the Car With Someone Who May Be Impaired The Utah Supreme Court recently handed down its ruling in State vs. Simons. Simons was the passenger in a car being driven by Sorensen. Sorensen in Utah County in 2006. Sorensen was driving 10 miles an hour over the speed limit and so a Utah County deputy sheriff pulled…
Danica Patrick announced she was filing for divorce from her husband of 7 years this month. However, the famous female race car driver does not seem to be too concerned about how the divorce proceedings are going. When recently asked about the pending divorce and whether or not she believed it would be a battle and distraction, she seemed to…
A Utah woman was recently apprehended by authorities and accused of multiple crimes throughout the state from the northern border to Spanish Fork Utah. According to police, a 20 year old woman stole her father’s car and committed multiple crimes over a month long period until police finally caught up with her. The woman’s father first reported his car had…
If you have been charged with a White Collar Crime in Southern Utah, you are not alone. Many people in St. George, Cedar City, and throughout the entire state are charged with fraud related crimes each year. The most notable recent case in Southern Utah is probably...
Parents with Substance Abuse Problems Often we see divorce cases involving children in which one or both parents have substances abuse problems, whether it be cocaine, meth, alcohol or even marijuana. Utah courts are very tough on parents who have drug issues. If only one parent has a substance abuse problem it is typically a no brainer for the court…
A man’s house is his castle as we’ve heard for hundreds of years…but in our day and age that adage does not seem to apply. Law enforcement are exercising what are known as “no knock warrants” more and more. In fact, the last 30 years there has been a significant increase in the amount of no knock warrants and with…
The Woodward Decision and Its Formula In 1982 the Utah Supreme Court decided Woodward v. Woodward, which is the governing law of how retirement benefits are distributed in Utah. In that case the trial judge awarded the wife a portion of the husband’s retirement benefits which had not yet vested. The husband was a civilian employee for Hill Air Force…
