St. George, Utah criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with distribution of meth.

Stanley Beckstrom traveled to California to obtain methamphetamine. On July 21, 2021, Beckstrom delivered methamphetamine to a local restaurant in downtown St. George. The methamphetamine was tested in a drug lab. It was 100% pure and weighed one pound.

The Washington County Drug Task F... More...    $0 (10-26-2022 - UT)

Salt Lake City, UT - Cocaine, Methamphetamine Trafficker Sentenced to 262 Months in Federal Prison

Guillermo Lopez-Casillas, age 37, of Compton, Calif., will serve 262 months in federal prison for possession of methamphetamine and possession of cocaine with intent to distribute.

A jury deliberated for just a few hours before finding Lopez-Casillas guilty on both counts following... More...    $0 (11-08-2017 - UT)

Michael Johnson was charged and tried for murder. At trial, Mr. Johnson requested an instruction for the lesser offense of homicide by assault. The trial court agreed and stated on the record that it would use the homicide by assault instruction submitted by Mr. Johnson. ¶3 The jury returned a guilty verdict on the murder charge, and Mr. Johnson appealed his conviction to the court of appeals. H... More...    $0 (11-26-2017 - UT)

In 2013, Defendant-Appellant Michael E. Pettit was indicted on one count
of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, in violation of 21 U.S.C.
§ 841(a)(1), after police discovered 2.5 kilograms of cocaine hidden in a vehicle
he was driving. Mr. Pettit filed a motion to suppress, which the district court
denied following an evidentiary hearing. United States v. Pettit, No.<... More...    $0 (05-13-2015 - UT)

¶1 Robert Damien Thornton appeals from his conviction of
three counts of rape of a child, three counts of sodomy on a child,
three counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child, and one count
of witness tampering, all of which resulted from his alleged sexual
abuse of his roommate’s twelve-year-old daughter (Child).
Thornton argues that the district court erred by excluding e... More...    $0 (11-14-2014 - UT)

¶1 On certiorari, petitioner Andrew LeBeau asks us to
consider whether the court of appeals erred in affirming the district
court’s imposition of a sentence of life without the possibility of
parole following Mr. LeBeau’s conviction for aggravated kidnapping
pursuant to Utah Code section 76-5-302. Mr. LeBeau’s conviction
stems from a domestic dispute triggered by Mr. LeB... More...    $0 (09-19-2014 - UT)

¶1 Nearly twenty-six years ago, a jury convicted Ralph Leroy Menzies of the first degree murder of Maurine Hunsaker. At sentencing, Judge Raymond Uno imposed the death penalty. Since then, we have issued three opinions in Mr. Menzies‘s case:
MENZIES v. STATE
Opinion of the Court
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two from direct appeals1 and one from a post-conviction appeal.2 In Mr. Menzies‘s first post-conv... More...    $0 (09-23-2010 - UT)

¶1 John L. Legg Jr. appeals the trial court’s decision to revoke
his probation and impose the original sentence on his convictions
for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, a third degree
felony, Utah Code Ann. § 76-5-103 (LexisNexis 2012), and for
possession of a dangerous weapon by a restricted person, a third
degree felony, id. § 76-10-503. Because of concerns we hav... More...    $0 (04-10-2014 - UT)

¶1 Randy M. Vazquez appeals an order revoking and
reinstating his probation on convictions for possession of a forged
writing, a third degree felony, and attempted possession or use of
a controlled substance, a class A misdemeanor. We affirm.
¶2 In 2012, the district court sentenced Vazquez to concurrent
sentences in two cases. The district court sentenced Vazquez to a
pr... More...    $0 (07-03-2014 - UT)

¶1 Michael Waddell Johnson appeals from a conviction of
murder, a first-degree felony, following a jury trial in March 2010.
We reverse and remand.
State v. Johnson
2. “We relate the facts in the light most favorable to the jury’s
verdict.� See State v. Litherland, 2000 UT 76, ¶ 2, 12 P.3d 92.
20100393-CA 2 2014 UT App 161
BACKGROUND
¶2 The deceased (Decede... More...    $0 (07-03-2014 - UT)

This is a direct appeal by Tina Patricia Wiseman following her guilty plea to one count of conspiring to distribute oxycodone, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841, 846. The district court calculated her guideline range to be 57-71 months, but sentenced her to a below-range sentence of 48 months. Wiseman argues on appeal that the district court committed procedural error by refusing to consider the ... More...    $0 (04-22-2014 - UT)

Mr. Eric Kamahele, Mr. Daniel Maumau, Mr. Kepa Maumau,1 Mr. Sitamipa Toki, and Mr. Mataika Tuai appeal their convictions arising from armed robberies and shootings in connection with the Tongan Crips Gang (“TCGâ€�) in Glendale, Utah. In a jury trial, Mr. Kamahele, Mr. Kepa Maumau, and Mr. Tuai were found guilty of conspiring to commit a racketeering offense under the Racketeer Influenced and Cor... More...    $0 (04-08-2014 - UT)

This interesting case calls upon us to decide whether, incident to an arrest for aggravated assault, police may seize a shotgun from a home when the weapon was not

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involved in any apparent criminal offense, the crime scene had been secured, and there was no immediate danger to any individual. Our answer to that question−NO−begs another. Does a de minimis violation of a defe... More...    $0 (01-27-2014 - UT)

¶1 Irene Garcia appeals her conviction for arranging to distribute a controlled substance. We affirm.

¶2 When evaluating a challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence, appellate courts “review the evidence and all inferences which may reasonably be drawn from it in the light most favorable to the verdict of the jury.â€� State v. Shumway, 2002 UT 124, ¶ 15, 63 P.3d 94. A jury’s verdi... More...    $0 (02-28-2013 - UT)

Co-defendants and co-appellants, Ramon Guzman-Manzo and Giovanni Galvon-Manzo, each pled guilty to one count of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. They were each subject to a ten-year mandatory minimum sentence, unless they qualified for safety-valve relief from those mandatory minimum sentences. After finding that both defendants did not qualify for safety-valve relief, the court se... More...    $0 (06-14-2011 - UT)

Peter Karl Mauerhan, joined by the trustee of his bankruptcy estate, Roger G. Segal, brought suit against his former employer, Wagner Corporation (“Wagnerâ€�), for allegedly violating the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADAâ€�), 42 U.S.C. § 12112 et seq., by discriminating against him because of his drug addiction. The district court granted Wagner’s motion for summary judgment under the ... More...    $0 (04-19-2011 - UT)

In this ongoing action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, a previous panel of this court determined that various material factual disputes remained regarding the constitutionality of the near two-hour early morning detention of Melissa Harman and Justin Overton (or the “Plaintiffsâ€�), and the corresponding after-midnight searches of their garage apartment conducted by officers who worked for the Utah Dep... More...    $0 (11-20-2009 - UT)

Plaintiffs Sergio Alva and his parents, Luz and Silvio Alva, appeal from the district court's grant of summary judgment to Defendants Teen Help, World Wide Association of Speciality Programs, R&B Billing, Dixie Contract Services, Robert Lichfield, Karr Farnsworth and Brent Facer (Defendants).(1) Because Plaintiffs' notice of appeal is untimely, we dismiss this appeal for lack of jurisdiction. ... More...    $0 (11-29-2006 - UT)

Jorge Esparza-Mendoza appeals his conviction on one count of violating 8 U.S.C. § 1326, which prohibits previously deported aliens from reentering the United States. Esparza-Mendoza has not contested that he had been previously deported following a felony conviction for possession of cocaine in 1999, that he did not have the express consent of the Attorney General to return, and that his pres... More...    $0 (10-14-2004 - UT)

Mr. Antonio Guzman-Espinoza was sentenced to a term of 108 months after pleading guilty to distribution of cocaine base (felony), distribution of heroin, and illegal re-entry after being deported. At his sentencing hearing, Mr. Guzman-Espinoza expressed dissatisfaction with his attorney and with the length of his sentence. Based on Mr. Guzman-Espinoza's comments, his attorney made an oral motio... More...    $0 (12-10-2003 - UT)