Archive for the ‘Utah Drug Crimes Attorney Blog’ Category

Tweetabc158d88c5b12dc4415bc70b115be71 Drug Stops in Utah Utah has a couple of interstate highways that are considered by law enforcement and many judges to be “drug pipelines.”  Specifically, I-80 and I-70 are considered drug pipelines and are monitored by patrolled heavily by Utah Highway Patrol.  I-80 runs through the north central portion of Utah and goes right [...]

Tweet7cda0d3daaf6ae8bbcc8027f4bca65e5 Doctor Convicted of Illegally Dispensing Painkillers After deliberating for 18 hours the jury in the case against Dr. Dewey MacKay found him guilty of 40 counts of illegally prescribing pills and not guilty on another 46 counts. Two of the counts they found him guilty on however were in relation to the death of [...]

Tweetbc19966a5d1b9e0b04aa90485f7c4d29 Controlled Substance Schedules for Utah Drug Crimes Utah is notorious for its strict drug laws. There are so many laws and so many different types of drugs that are illegal it becomes difficult keeping track. Drugs that are illegal are divided into five different schedules. Depending on the schedule that a particular drug falls [...]

Tweet22615b2ba5704b9b1140db1160c502c3 Salt Lake City Marijuana Defense Attorney Every week, many individuals are cited with marijuana possession and paraphernalia charges in Utah. The typical case goes something like this: The individual is driving down the road when they are pulled over by a highway trooper, unified police, or local officer. The police officer indicates they pulled [...]

Tweet8436ec4e4bf814ae08cf33183c26124a Utah Drug Courts - What are they? More than 10 years ago, the State of Utah established drug courts as a way to better handle and resolve illegal drug crimes in local communities. The state legislature and the local judges concluded that many drug users were becoming repeat offenders and traditional penalties of mandatory jail time [...]

Tweet04be2ccfce8f29221383704fc65ea398 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.  [...]

Tweetf3ab1cf9c7c030cab3fe5edd4ed9df2e Utah Criminal Defense Lawyers – Privileged Communications In Utah Criminal Defense Cases and trials, there are some special circumstances in which a person may refrain or even be prohibited from testifying about certain matters. Privileged communications may occur when a person has gained information as a result of a confidential relationship. Such exchanges of [...]

Tweet94d55755a27291838844d79e865801e7 Utah Meth Crimes Lawyer At Salcido Law Firm we have noticed an increase in the amount of charges brought against people for the possession, production, and distribution of meth.  Meth can include a number of different drugs such as methadone and methamphetamine.  The most popular meth drug is the methamphetamine, but it goes by [...]

Tweet202ab6e82fba59905b29801aef7c26a2 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 [...]

Tweetc28cfc944c3456c7073b2cc2e285d559 What is the Principle of Criminal Lenity? There is a long standing principle in Utah criminal law 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 [...]