Plea Deals Need a Utah Criminal Defense Attorney Plea deals are very common in the criminal justice system. A criminal suspect in Utah will often plead guilty to an offense to avoid other criminal charges or more severe charges. By pleading guilty, a criminal suspect can avoid the the lengthy process of a trial as well as possible jail time. …
Protective Orders and Utah Divorces In our experience contested divorces in Utah often start off with one of the spouses filing a protective order against the other spouse. There are many situations where the filing of a protective order is completely legitimate. Unfortunately, many people use the protective order process to get an upper hand in the divorce. Protective orders…
Dog Sniff Searches | Criminal Defense If you live in Utah and are driving on Utah’s highways, or if you live in another state and are simply passing through Utah, be careful about violating any traffic rule. Utah Highway Patrol loves to pull people over for following too close to another vehicle and speeding. UHP then uses such stops as…
Utah Criminal Defense Lawyers Challenging Constitutionality of Laws One significant advantage of hiring Salcido Law Firm is that our criminal defense lawyers look at the constitutionality of every statute involved in your case. Believe it or not, the Utah Legislature has been known to pass laws which violate individual rights. If a law violates the right to due process, that…
Penalty Cannot Be More Severe On Appeal to District Court One of the benefits of appealing your Utah criminal case from a justice to a district court is that the district court cannot impose a harsher sentence that was imposed by the justice court. This rule is set out very specifically in both statutory and case law. As discussed in…
Utah Drug Recognition Evaluators (DRE) The Drug Evaluation and Classification Programs trains law enforcement personnel how to detect and apprehend drug-impaired drivers in Utah. In order to become a Drug Recognition Evaluator or DRE, the law enforcement personnel has to take 16 hours of drug recognition preschool, 56 hours of drug recognition expert school, and 40 hours of drug recognition…
Prenuptial Agreements | Divorce | Utah Family Law Attorney A Royal Marriage Doesn’t Always End in a Royal Fashion This past week one could hardly turn on the TV, read a newspaper or magazine, or surf the internet without being bombarded by the British Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. The whole world was in constant obsession with…
Property Division | Divorce | Utah Divorce Lawyer Not All Property A Couple Has is Marital Property One big concern and source of controversy in any Utah divorce is property division. After many years, or even a short amount of time, a Utah couple living in Salt Lake, Ogden, Provo, and other Utah cities will ordinarily acquire many items of…
Some Reasons Why Utah Criminal Defendants Should Have a Lawyer Virtually no person charged with a crime, such as marijuana possession, wants to pay the legal fees for a good Utah criminal defense lawyer. Many people view paying for a lawyer as wasted money and most criminal defendants want free representation. Many people are indigent and do qualify for free…
Preliminary Hearings in Utah Occasionally, criminal trials in Utah are resolved even before they happen through preliminary hearings. A preliminary hearing is a hearing in which a judge decides whether there is probable cause to make a defendant even stand trial for the crime he or she is charged, such as a DUI. This doesn’t mean the judge decides whether…
