Utah Controlled Dangerous Substance Law
 

Antoine Johnson v. United States of America

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyers represented the Plaintiff seeking the vacation of a sentenced pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2255, which provides:

(a) A prisoner in custody under sentence of a court established by Act of Congress claiming the right to be released upon the ground that the sentence was imposed in violation of the Constitution or laws of the United States, or that the c... More...
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United States of America v. Llobani Federico Figueroa, aka “Pablo”

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with

Utah Drug Trafficking Ringleader Sentenced to 22 Years in Prison



Llobani Federico Figueroa, aka “Pablo,” 33, of Magna, Utah, was sentenced to 26... More...
   $0 (05-23-2025 - UT)

United States of America v. James Weston Fawcett

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of child pornography.

In 2023, Fawcett pleaded guilty to distributing child pornography. The Presentence Investigation Report (PSR) calculated a total offense level of 34 under § 2G2.2 of the United States Sentencing Guidelines (U.S.S.G. or the Guidelines), a criminal history category of II,... More...
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United States of America v. Brandon Redfoot

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder.

In 2018, Defendant Brandon Redfoot fatally shot Julio Rodriguez. On August 18, 2023, a jury found Redfoot guilty of the following counts: Count One murder in the second degree while within Indian Country, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1111(a) and 1153(a); Count Two assault with a dangerous weapon ... More...
   $0 (03-31-2025 - UT)

United States of America v. Aaron Kern

St. George, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Sex Trafficking

Southern Utah Man Facing Sex Trafficking Charges



A man accused of forcing a victim to engage in commercial sex acts and forcing the victi... More...
   $0 (03-17-2025 - UT)

United States of America v. Alphonzo Robert Bell; David Alejandro Jimenez-Angel

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant indicted with distributing methamphetamine

A Mexican National and a Utah Man are in Custody Facing Drug Crimes



A federal grand jury in Salt Lake City returned an ... More...
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United States of America v. Ryan Gregory Bracken

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Making Death Threats

Utah Man Sentenced to Prison After Making Death Threats to the Salt Lake County Sheriff and Others Over the Foreclosure of His Property


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State of Utah v. Bryce Mason


Junction, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated assault.


During a confrontation at an outdoor party, Bryce Mason retrieved a gun from his vehicle. As a result of circumstances that were later disputed at trial, the gun was fired, hitting a nearby partygoer in the foot. A jury later convicted Mason of aggravated assault with serious bo... More...
   $0 (11-21-2024 - UT)

United States of America v. Oluwole Adegboruwa

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Dealiing

Convicted Dark Web Drug Dealer Sentenced to 360 Months’ Imprisonment



Oluwole Adegboruwa, 54, of Las Vegas, Nevada, the main defendant and ... More...
   $0 (11-15-2024 - UT)

United States of America v. Aaron A. Wagner

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Defrauding Investors and Lenders

Utah Businessmen Indicted for Defrauding Investors and Lenders Millions of Dollars



A federal grand jury in Salt Lake... More...
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United States of America v. Oluwole Adegboruwa

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with dark web drug trafficking operation

Convicted Dark Web Drug Dealer Sentenced to 360 Months’ Imprisonment



Oluwole Adegboruwa, 54, of Las Vegas, Neva... More...
   $0 (11-14-2024 - UT)

State of Utah v. Troy P. Fraughton


Provo, Utah driving under the influence criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.




Troy P. Fraughton was arrested after he caused a collision while driving on the wrong side of the road. A jury convicted Fraughton of driving under the influence, a third-degree felony due to his prior DUIs. Fraughton now appeals, asserting that the trial court abused its dis... More...
   $0 (08-15-2024 - UT)

United States of America v. Melissa Lynn Trotter

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Assaulting Federal Officers

Sandy Woman Sentenced to 15 Months’ Imprisonment After Assaulting Federal Officers



Melissa Lynn Trotter, 25, of Sand... More...
   $0 (07-22-2024 - UT)

United States of America v.Colin Andrew Shapard

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of a controlled substance that resulted in serious bodily injury. .

Defendant obtained drugs via the dark web, and was responsible for two prior overdose deaths

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Jeanine Nielsen v. Home Depot, USA, Inc.

Salt Lake City, Utah personal injury slip and fall lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a premises liability theory.

Under Utah's premises liability rules, a property owner can be held responsible for injuries to visitors. It does not matter if those injuries were intentional or unintentional. Property owners are liable if they fail to guard or warn visitors of a dangerous struct... More...
   $0 (03-15-2024 - UT)

Nichole Robinette, et al. v. Globus Medical

Salt Lake City, Utah personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a product liability law theory.

Globus Medical is a leading medical device manufacturer with the goal of improving the quality of life for patients with musculoskeletal disorders. We are inspired by the needs of these patients and by the surgeons and healthcare providers who treat them.
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Becky Rathke v. Walmart, Inc.

Salt Lake City, Utah personal injury slip and fall lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a premises liability negligence theory.

Under Utah's premises liability rules, a property owner can be held responsible for injuries to visitors. It does not matter if those injuries were intentional or unintentional. Property owners are liable if they fail to guard or warn visito... More...
   $1 (01-26-2024 - UT)

STATE OF UTAH v. ALAVINA FUNGAIHEA FLORREICH

From 1998 to 2009, Alavina Florreich was the nanny for
Alex and his siblings. Florreich is a Tongan immigrant, and Alex
and his siblings were the homeschooled children of a Jewish
rabbi.
¶3 When Alex was eight years old, Florreich was watching a
movie with Alex and his younger siblings one day when Alex
began giving her a shoulder massage. While doing so, Alex
s... More...
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STATE OF UTAH v. DEREK RANDALL JONES

During the weekend of June 26 to 27, 2015, five-year-old
B.B. slept over at the home of Forbush, who is his uncle. About
three weeks later, B.B. was showering with his father (Father), as
was apparently their occasional practice, when B.B. asked why his
uncircumcised penis looked different from Father’s circumcised
penis. Father replied that B.B. didn’t need to worry b... More...
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United States of America v. Angel Rubio-Quintana

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with distributing large quantities of fentanyl, methamphetamine, and marijuana in St. George.

Angel Rubio-Quintana, 42, of St. George, Utah, was first discovered by agents in March 2020, after learning that an individual in St. George was receiving large amounts of methamphetamine from a Mexican cartel. During an ... More...
   $0 (07-27-2023 - UT)

United States of America v. James Howard KLein

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with discharging a firearm during and in relation to carjacking and possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute offenses.

On May 19, 2021, James Howard Klein, 35, of Chaska, Minnesota, was stopped by deputies in Juab County off Interstate-15 for a traffic violation. During a search of the Klein’s v... More...
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United States of America v. Merrill Darrell Fackrell

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with carrying and using a straight edge razor blade during a flight.

On November 21, 2022, Merrill Darrell Fackrell, age 41, from Syracuse, Utah, departed on JetBlue Flight #871 from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York en route to Salt Lake City International Airport in Utah. Fackrell was seated in a win... More...
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United States of America v. Stanley Beckstrom

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...
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United States of America v. Jorge Madrigal

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with distribution of controlled substances in violation of 21 U.S.C. 841(a)(1), which provides:

(a) Unlawful actsExcept as authorized by this subchapter, it shall be unlawful for any person knowingly or intentionally—
(1) to manufacture, distribute, or dispense, or possess with intent to manufacture, distribute, ... More...
   $0 (05-09-2022 - UT)

United States of America v. Brett Clinton Combs

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with theft of firearms from a federally licensed firearms dealer and being a restricted person in possession of firearms.

Brett Clinton Combs, age 41, of Las Vegas used a rock to break into the Dixie Fish and Gun store in St. George during the early morning hours of March 4, 2022. After a “glass break” alar... More...
   $0 (07-07-2022 - UT)

Lee Stafford v. Sandy Paydirt, LLC

Salt Lake City, Utah personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a premises liability theory claiming to have been injured as a result of a dangerous condition on Defendant's property.


¶1 When Lee Stafford encountered a puddle on a hotel elevator's tile floor, he slipped, caught himself, and later sought compensation for a back injury that he believed resulte... More...
   $0 (06-24-2022 - UT)

United States of America v. Cecil T. Vijil, Jr.

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with assaulting an FBI Special Agent and assaulting a San Juan County Sheriff’s Deputy with a dangerous weapon within Indian Country.

Cevil T. Vijil, Jr. 39, of Aneth, opened fire on an FBI Special Agent and a San Juan County Sheriff’s Deputy with an AR-15 style semi-automatic rifle on April 30, 2020. The FBI... More...
   $0 (03-17-2022 - UT)

United States of America v. Cecil T. Vijil, Jr.

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with of assaulting an FBI Special Agent and assaulting a San Juan County Sheriff’s Deputy with a dangerous weapon within Indian Country.

Cecil T. Vijil Jr., 39, of Aneth, opened fire on an FBI Special Agent and a San Juan County Sheriff’s Deputy with an AR-15 style semi-automatic rifle on April 30, 2020. The FB... More...
   $0 (03-17-2022 - UT)

United States of America v. Joseph "Norte Joe" Gomez

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with drug trafficking and money laundering.

Joseph “Norte Joe” Gomez, the lead defendant in a large-scale 32 defendant federal indictment, was with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and conspiracy to launder money. All thirty-one members and associates of the Norteños street gang responsible for distri... More...
   $0 (12-14-2021 - UT)

Sheila E. Overby and Harold L. Overby v. Wright Medical Technology

Salt Lake City, Utah personal injury attorney represented Plaintiffs, who sued Defendant on product liability theories claiming to have suffered more than $75,000 in injuries and/or damages as a direct result of defective and unreasonably dangerous product manufactured and/or sold by Defendant.

The claims made and defenses asserted are not available for this case.

"Wright Medical... More...
   $0 (11-05-2021 - UT)

Linda Cooper v. CWI, d/b/a Camping World

Salt Lake City, Utah personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a product liability theory claiming to have suffered more than $75,000 in damages and/or injuries as a direct result of a defective and unreasonably dangerous product manufactured and/or sold by Defendant.

The claims made and defenses asserted are not available for this case.

This case was in... More...
   $1 (11-02-2021 - UT)

Jon Paul Franck v. Wright Medical Technology

Salt Lake City, Utah personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a product liability theory claiming to have suffered more than $75,000 in damages and/or injuries as a direct result of a defective and unreasonably dangerous product manufactured and/or sold by Defendant.

The claims made and defenses asserted are not available for this case.

This case was in... More...
   $1 (11-09-2021 - UT)

Adam Lindquist and Sasha Kilpack v. Walgreens and Conagra Brands

Salt Lake City, Utah personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiffs, who sued Defendants on product liability theories claiming to have suffered more than $75,000 in damages and/or injuries as a direct result of the sale by Walgreen of a defective and unreasonably dangerous product manufactured and sold by Conagra.... More...    $1 (10-18-2021 - UT)

United States of America v. Jimmy Astudillo

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with possession of heroine with intent to distribute.

Jimmy Astudillo, age 32, of Salt Lake City, was for possession of heroin with intent to distribute, related to his role in the distribution of narcotics that caused the fatal overdose of a Park City woman in 2018.

Astudillo previously entered his guilty... More...
   $0 (11-10-2021 - UT)

United States of America v. Dr. Joe Roundy

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant accused of failing to properly inventory, track and maintain control over controlled substances.

Dr. Joe Roundy, a licensed veterinarian and the owner of the Tooele Veterinary Clinic in Tooele, Utah, was ordered to pay the United States $78,455 and restrict his prescribing of opioids and other controlled substances for vio... More...
   $0 (08-19-2021 - UT)

United States of America v. Nathan Pehrson

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with three counts related to fraudulently obtaining and tampering with the pain killing narcotic hydromorphone, a powerful schedule II opioid drug that is used to treat patients with moderate to severe pain.

During Pehrson’s employment as a nurse at an Intermountain Healthcare facility on a surgical and trauma wa... More...
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United States of America v. Justin Patterson

Salt Lake City, Utah drug distribution charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Justin Patterson.

21:841(a)(1) CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - SELL, DISTRIBUTE, OR DISPENSE - Distribution of Methamphetamine
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   $0 (06-10-2021 - UT)

Conrad Truman v. Orem City, et al.

Conrad Truman sued state prosecutor Craig Johnson and various Orem City
police officers for violating his civil rights by fabricating evidence that was used
against him in a murder prosecution. Mr. Truman was prosecuted twice for the
murder of his wife. According to Mr. Truman’s complaint, the prosecution
knowingly falsified measurements of the murder scene to rule out the possib... More...
   $0 (06-04-2021 - UT)

United States of America v. Marc Tager, Jonathon Shoucair, Matthew Mangrum, and Kenneth Gross

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants who were charged with telemarketing fraud.

Marc Tager, Jonathon Shoucair, Matthew Mangrum, and Kenneth Gross were charged for their roles in an eight million dollar telemarketing fraud scheme that promised investors, most of them elderly, that their business could extract gold from dirt.

Tager, Shoucair, and Man... More...
   $0 (05-20-2021 - UT)

United States of America v. Aaron Michael Shamo

Salt Lake City, Utah drug trafficking criminal lawyer represented defendant.

Aaron Michael Shamo, the CEO of a nationwide dark net was charged with running a drug trafficking organization that distributed more than a half million counterfeit pills throughout the country.

A federal jury found Shamo guilty of organizing and directing a drug trafficking organization that imported f... More...
   $0 (10-30-2020 - UT)

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