Tag: utah dui law

  • Utah Criminal Refusal Law

    Utah Criminal Refusal Law

    The recent Utah Court of Appeals decision in State v. Allen (2026 UT App 47) provides a critical lesson for both law enforcement and legal practitioners: in criminal law, the specific language used in a warrant isn’t just “legal jargon”—it is the boundary of the State’s power. While Michael Lee Allen’s conviction for failing to stop for…

  • Utah DUI Attorney

    The question that was presented to me the other day was, "Why should I hire a Utah DUI Attorney, rather than an attorney that does all sorts of cases?"  I responded, with a question, "If you needed brain surgery, would you go to a general practitioner?"  Defending DUI has become a specialty that takes years…

  • Utah DUI Fatalities are the highest in the Country

    Utah had the biggest increase of alcohol-related deaths in 2006 and the UHP doesn’t like that.  The UHP blames it on misleading statistics.  Imagine that, the statistics are misleading.  "But before there is a public outcry, Utah Highway Patrol trooper Preston Raban said Utahns should know the statistics are a bit misleading." Consider the following:…