DUCHESENE ROOSEVELT Criminal Defense Lawyer | Duchesne DUI

Duchesne County, Utah is around 3,256 square miles with a population of around 19,169. The county seat is Duchesne with the largest city being Roosevelt. Hiring an experienced criminal defense attorney to handle your Roosevelt DUI or domestic violence convictions can really make a difference.

Our Duchesne City and Duchesne County criminal defense attorney can handle your criminal charges.  Call today for a free consultation with Roosevelt criminal defense attorney Jake Gunter at (801) 373-6345. Defense lawyer Jake Gunter can SKYPE, FACETIME or take telephone consultations regarding your charges.

Myton/Tabiona Drug Charges. Being charged with drug crimes can impact your driving privileges. Possession of drug paraphernalia can suspend your driver’s license for 120 days on your first offense, regardless of whether you are driving or not. Meth possession charges have the same 120 day driver‘s license suspension period.  Even if you get your charges reduced to Attempted Drug Possession, your license will still be suspended.

See this drug possession article here for more details on the consequences of drug possession.

Duchesne County Meth Distribution. Even though Methamphetamine has been decriminalized from a normal felony to a Class A Misdemeanor, distribution charges carry serious prison time.

Fruitland and Duchesne County DUI. DUI, Impaired Driving, Metabolite and prescription drug use all can have serious impacts on your driver’s license. For any DUI or drunk driving charge to start, the police must have reasonable suspicion that you are doing something wrong in order to pull you over on State Road 191.  A bad tail light or failure to signal for two seconds can be the lawful mechanism to pull you over and start the DUI arrest process.

Our Duchesne criminal defense attorneys look into every aspect of your DUI /Impaired driving arrest for a lawful stop under the Utah and United States Constitution.

Here is a deeper article on Utah DUIs/Impaired Driving Offenses.

Starvation State Park (Boating Under the Influence) As of 03/2018, it is lawful to have an open container in a boat, but it is illegal to drive a boat under the influence of drugs or alcohol. As a general rule, all the same laws and sanctions apply to boating drunk driving offenses as they commonly apply to a drunk driving on I-15.

See this cornerstone article on BUIs and boating while intoxicated.

Duchesne City Domestic Violence Charges. Domestic violence charges come in many different types and sizes. Some Duchesne domestic violence charges are the classic allegations of spousal abuse or child abuse in the home. Other Duchesne domestic violence charges can be interference with a telephone when one party allegedly stops or impairs the complaining witness from calling the police. Further, domestic violence can be custodial interference with a judge’s child custody order. Child Custodial Interference charges also have a mandatory driver’s license suspension attached to the charge.

Having a diligent trial lawyer in your corner can make the difference.

For a greater overview of Utah domestic violence charges, see this article.

Effects of a Roosevelt City Domestic Violence Convictions.

(A). Employment Problems. Having any criminal conviction is problematic on your career and employment. Many professionals are licensed through Utah State Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing (http://dopl.utah.gov/) and a criminal conviction will impair their ability to make a living. Lawyers, doctors, teachers, chiropractors, massage therapist, dentists, engineers, and many more professionals will be impacted by a domestic violence criminal conviction.

(B). Firearm Restrictions. As a general rule, when you are convicted of domestic violence you will have firearms restrictions. How you carefully handle these implications matters a great deal for your firearm and hunting rights.

(C). Domestic Violence Enhancements.   Like many crimes in Utah, domestic violence crimes are enhanceable and you can eventually be charged with a felony for multiple domestic violence convictions. Felonies are much more serious and cause even more collateral damage to your job and reputation in the community.

(D). Fines, Jail or Prison. Convictions for domestic violence can get you a jail sentence for even a first time offense with a Class B Misdemeanor. Felony domestic violence convictions are a 3^rd Degree Felony and carry 1-5 years in prison as an option for the sentencing judge.

See this chart on how Utah criminal jail time and fines break down.

Roosevelt City Domestic Violence Defenses.

Believability of Witnesses. How credible are the complaining witnesses against you in your Duchesne City domestic violence charges? Are they drug addicts or substance abusers where their memory or truthfulness could be called into question? Does the complaining witness against you have a large criminal record which could impact the plausibility of their story to the police?

All these matters of witness credibility must be investigated by any Duchesne criminal defense attorney you may hire.

Conduct Inconsistent with the Story. Often the past historical conduct of the complaining witness is inconsistent with what the complaining witness is telling the police. Further, the physical evidence of alleged property destruction and physical hitting can be inconsistent with the evidence collected by the police, incurring credibility problems on the complaining witness.

Criminal Defense Service Areas:

We go to court in the following areas in Duchesne County, Utah for criminal defense legal services:

Myton City, Roosevelt City, Town of Tabiona, Starvation State Park (Boating Under the Influence), (DUI) State Road 191, State Road 87, (Impaired Driving) State Road 40, (Drugged Driving) State Road 208.

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