The Drug Courts in Utah – Basic Info If you or someone you know has been charged with a serious drug crime in Utah, you may have many questions about the process and potential penalties involved. Like many other states, Utah has a set up a drug court system designed to supervise and treat individuals with drug addictions and help…
Why Bail? When a person is arrested and thrown in jail because of criminal charges, it presents a difficult decision for law enforcement. Do they leave the person in jail until the trial commences or release the person hoping he or she will show up for court? Leaving everyone in jail would fill up the jails too quickly and there…
Establishing Child Support Order Child support is often a contentious and heated issue during any divorce. Too often a couple divorcing cannot come to terms on the proper amount of child support a spouse should pay. In Utah a court will decide how much a parent should pay in child support to the other spouse if the two parties cannot…
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Juvenile Charged as an Adult In 2009, 16 year old Ricky Angilau was charged for the shooting and killing of another teen. Even though he was still a minor, prosecutors charged Angilau as an adult with murder, a first degree felony. Initially after being arrested, because of Angilau’s age, he was detained in a juvenile detention center with other teen…
Utah Woman Overdoses A Utah woman was arrested today in Lindon after overdosing on drugs. Police received a call early this morning about a woman who was collapsed on the front porch of a home. When they arrived they found the woman struggling to breath. The evidence suggested that she had overdosed on heroine. The woman’s boyfriend allowed them into…
This morning in an early hearing at the Capital Jerry Salcido of Salcido Law Firm PLLC who along with criminal defense attorney Sean Hullinger represented Utah Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, as well as Utah Rising’s Darcy Van Orden, gave testimony to the Utah House Judiciary Committee in opposition to Senate Bill 133 otherwise known as the Grand Jury Bill.…
First Degree Felony Rape Charge Dropped Allen Steed testified in the trial of Warren Jeffs that he had sex with his underaged bride. He was originally charged with first degree felony rape, but this week he plead guilty to solemnizing a prohibited marriage. He also has a charge for unlawful sex with a minor (statutory rape), a third degree felony,…
Senate Bill 124 If passed, SB 124, which is being considered by the Utah Senate, will make it a Class C misdemeanor to leave a child under 9 in an enclosed compartment of a car, who is not supervised by a person who is 12 years or older. The attendant conditions of leaving the child in the car must also…
Sex Offender Convictions In addition to social stigmatization, registering for the sex offenders list, fines, and incarceration, a sex crime conviction in Utah also requires the offender to undergo a HIV test. The mandatory test was designed to inform the victims of sex crimes of the possibility of contracting the terrible disease. HIV tests invade the privacy of the sex…
