SITUATION: You pled guilty to marijuana possession and drug paraphernalia possession when you got caught speeding to Moab for some weekend camping. In your Moab, Utah drug charge case you were placed on court probation for 12 months and ordered to complete a substance abuse evaluation and pay a $690 fine.
PROBLEM: You are behind on your fines. You have not filed your substance abuse evaluation with the court. The deadlines has passed. The Grand County Justice Court (Moab) has issued an Order to Show Cause why you should not be held in contempt for failure to comply with all probation conditions.
SOLUTION: What do you do?
(1). File a Motion for Extension. Immediately hire Utah criminal defense attorney Jake Gunter and he will file a motion to get to an extension to file your substance abuse evaluation and pay some fines. Concurrently you need to get an appropriate substance abuse evaluation, or sometimes obtain a medical marijuana card, and make a fine payment.
(2). Hire a Utah Criminal Defense Attorney. Either way, filing a motion and hiring a criminal defense lawyer signals the court that you are trying to fix the problem. Regarding the Order to Show Cause, these actions place you in a better position to mitigate any court sanctions for failure to obey court orders.
