Steven L. Grayson
Criminal Law
Less than one year
Case Dismissed
Utah law is a “mandatory arrest” state where if police respond to a domestic violence call and have probable cause to believe that domestic violence has occurred and there will be continued violence, they are required by law to arrest the person. This sets into motion a series of events that often has the wrong people behind bars.
Convince the prosecutor that given the evidence and their witness’s availability and credibility, the State would not prevail at trial. In this case, we had to aggressively pursue our client’s speedy trial rights and fight against the prosecutor’s attempts to delay the trial.
The prosecutor dismissed the case entirely weeks before the scheduled trial date. Our client was a family member of the other party involved in the alleged incident. When the police responded to an alleged fight between the two, police told the other party (who did not want to make a statement) that they had to arrest someone and if she did not talk they might arrest her. After hearing that, the other party blamed our client who the police then arrested. Because our client was arrested, she was charged with multiple domestic violence offenses. The prosecutor dismissed the case entirely before trial began.
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We worked diligently to get the charge of driving under the influence reduced to impaired driving. As a result, our client did not spend any time in jail and kept their driver’s license.
In aggravated assault cases, it is critical for our team of attorneys and private investigators to conduct investigations beyond what law enforcement has done. This includes finding and interviewing additional witnesses and also researching the alleged victim. Often, we’re able to discover other eye-witnesses and even camera footage. We must work quickly, especially if our our client is held in jail. As a result, we can discover the truth and either win at trial or even negotiate a dismissal of the charges.
We worked to quickly gather all of the evidence in the case, including evidence that the police missed. We work with private investigators and expert witnesses to get to the truth and protect our client.
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