April 25, 2024 | provocri
CALL/TXT (801) 373-6345 UTAH JUVENILE EXPUNGEMENT ATTORNEY JAKE GUNTER Qualifying to FILE a Utah Juvenile Expungement of Adjudication Records. Juveniles are adjudicated responsible for delinquencies. Adults are convicted and are guilty of crimes. Adjudications are juvenile versions of adult crimes and are considered civil, not criminal. Delinquencies is another name for juvenile crime. Adults have… Read more »
April 16, 2024 | provocri
CALL/TXT UTAH JUVENILE DELINQUENCY DEFENSE ATTORNEY JAKE GUNTER (801) 373-6345 UTAH CHILDREN SUBJECT TO POLICE INTERROGATION MUST BE VIDEOTAPED—EFF 05/01/2024 Utah has given juveniles being questioned for crimes (called delinquencies) many, many more protections than adults have. Police failure to abide by these protections lead to presumptions of inadmissibility. Juveniles under 18 years old being… Read more »
April 15, 2024 | provocri
CALL/TXT (801) 373-6345 JAKE GUNTER FREE CONSULT NEW LAW MAY 2024: If you lie to the police by stating your just ingested drugs and then they find out otherwise at the hospital, it is a Class B Misdemeanor. Lying to the police has always been a crime, but apparently people stating they just ingested… Read more »
April 11, 2024 | provocri
CALL/TXT UTAH JUVENILE ATTORNEY JAKE GUNTER (801) 373-6345 QUESTION: CAN JUVENILES 16-17 YEARS OLD BE CHARGED WITH WILDLIFE CRIMES IN A UTAH JUSTICE COURT RATHER THAN A JUVENILE COURT? ANSWER: YES. EXPLANATION: Normally juveniles are charged with delinquency allegations in the county juvenile court. Juveniles aged 16-17 can be charged with wildlife/DNR/poaching crimes in the… Read more »
April 11, 2024 | provocri
CALL/TXT UTAH JUSTICE COURT CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY JAKE GUNTER (801) 373-6345 16 AND 17 YEARS-OLDS IN UTAH JUSTICE COURTS Utah Justice Courts have jurisdiction over the following types of criminal cases under the Utah criminal code. Selected 16-17-year-olds and adults over 18 years old for Infractions, Class C and Class B Misdemeanors. (A). Poaching/Hunting/Fishing/DNR… Read more »
April 11, 2024 | provocri
CALL/TXT (801) 373-6345 UTAH JUVENILE DELIQUENCY ATTORNEY JAKE GUNTER. LET HIS 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WORK FOR YOU Utah Juvenile Delinquency: Adult Charges. Under 18-year-old children charged with crimes is called juvenile delinquency. Adults charged with crimes under Utah’s criminal code are criminal charges. Sometimes on egregious offense, juveniles can be tried as adults. Juvenile… Read more »
April 04, 2024 | provocri
Effective 05/01/2024 Utah has a new crime of interruption of a connected service while committing burglary. It is a felony 3 to disrupt, cut or interfere with a phone line, internet connection or electrical while in the commission of a burglary. 76-6-202.2. Interruption of a connected service in the commission of a burglary. (1) (a) As used in… Read more »
March 29, 2024 | provocri
Impaired Driving Plea Bargains—2024 Amendments—Not for Utah Extreme DUIs Impaired Driving plea bargains are getting harder and harder to obtain. Each year the Utah Legislature has chipped away on what are eligible cases for an Impaired Driving conviction. Effective 07/01/2024, any “EXTREME DUI” defined offense is no longer eligible for an Impaired Driving plea agreement…. Read more »
March 29, 2024 | provocri
CALL/TXT UTAH DUI ATTORNEY JAKE GUNTER (801) 373-6345. FREE CONSULT. FLEX PAYMENT PLANS. EFFECTIVE 07/01/2024. WRONG WAY DUIs ARE CLASS A MISDEMEANORS. A Utah DUI occurring in a wrong way situation is now a Class A Misdemeanor. See Utah Code 41-6a-502(2). If at the time of the DUI the driver violated Section 41-6a-709 [One Way… Read more »
March 28, 2024 | provocri
CALL/TXT UTAH DUI ATTORNEY JAKE GUNTER (801) 373-6345. FREE CONSULT. Utah’s Constitution and bail statute presumes a right to bail. YET, there are exceptions to the right to bail in Utah. Effective 07/01/2024 the Utah Legislature added a DUI exception to the right to bail. The new DUI exception has a rebuttal presumption if the… Read more »
