Where you charged with drug possession during your visit to Moab this year? Have you been cited with traffic offenses or a DUI/Impaired Driving while traveling through Grand County and Moab during your summer vacation?
Call Moab Grand County criminal defense attorney Jake Gunter for a free phone/SKYPE/FACETIME consultation regarding your Moab criminal charges. (801) 373-6345.
Moab Grand County Drug Charges. Being charged with drug crimes can impact your driver’s license. 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 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.
Grand County Meth Distribution. Distribution charges carry serious prison time and hiring the right attorney can make the difference between prison and jail. Often distribution charges are incorrectly filed because the amount of drugs is low and they were for personal use. Not for distribution.
Moab County DUI. DUI, Impaired Driving, Metabolite, prescription drug use and driving all can have serious impacts on your driver’s license. For any DUI or drunk driving process 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 Moab 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.
Arches National Park (Federal Crimes) When criminal allegations occur on national park land, it can land you in federal court. Federal court is not a good place to be and generally has much harsher penalties.
Moab Domestic Violence Charges. Domestic violence charges come in many different types and varieties. Some Moab domestic violence charges are the classic allegations of spouse 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. Still, 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.
For a greater overview of Utah domestic violence charges, see this article.
Effects of a Grand County 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 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 3rd 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.
Domestic Violence Defenses.
Believability of Witnesses. How credible are the complaining witnesses against you in your Moab Grand County 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 Moab 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 for criminal charges in the following Grand County area:
Moab City, Grand County Juvenile Court. Grand County Justice Court, Grand County District Court. Castle Valley, Dewey, Cisco, Green River (Borders Grand County), I-70 traffic violations, DUIs, State Road 191, Arches National Park.
Grand County – District Court
Grand County
125 East Center Street
Moab, UT 84532
Main Telephone:
(435) 259-1349
Judge Lyle Anderson (retiring 03/2018- (435) 259-1349
Grand County – Juvenile Court
Grand County
125 East Center Street
Moab, UT 84532
Main Telephone:
(435) 259-1353
Presiding Judge Mary Manley – (435) 259-1349
Grand County – Justice Court
Grand County Justice Court
125 East Center St.
Moab, UT 84532
Main Telephone:
Main Fax:
(435) 259-1334
(435) 259-3070
Judge David M. Tubbs – (435) 259-1334
