United States of America v. Spencer Massengale

Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing fentanyl that ultimately resulted in the death of another person.

investigation police recovered 330 fentanyl pills in the home, which Massengale admitted he intended to distribute to others. Massengale further admitted that when his roommate called on the telephone to notify him that the victim was unresponsive, Massengale asked his roommate to delay calling 911 and to hide Massengale’s fentanyl pills from police. Spencer Massengale, 34, of Ogden, Utah, did not call 911 until he returned home and found the victim dead. Massengale then reported the victim “overdosed.”

The Utah State Assistant Medical Examiner and toxicologists determined that the victim died of drug intoxication from the effects of the use of fentanyl.

The Defendant elected to plead guilty and was sentenced to 20 years in prison.