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Roadside DUI Blood Draw
Officer Geoffrey Kirk from the West Valley police department, illegally stops a motorist for allegedly driving “too carefully”.
Officer claims he smells alcohol on the driver and conducts field sobriety and breath test. Breath test indicates no alcohol is present.
Officer illegally searches car and finds marijuana and drug paraphernalia and proceeds to perform an unsafe and unhygienic blood draw.
Defense attorneys Heather Chesnut and Daniel Torrence put their own client in jail for refusing to plead guilty and for demanding a jury-trial.
District court judge Katherine Bernards-Goodman, was aware of the plot and went along as she laughed throughout her participation. Prosecutor Nathanael Swift, complicit.
Must Know Basics
Everyone charged with a public offense should become familiarized with the following basic definitions and principles.
Must Know Basics
Here is a list of a few public offenses and information on the elements that must be proven before a person can be found guilty of the offense.
“A defendant in a criminal proceeding is presumed to be innocent until each element of the offense charged against him is proved beyond a reasonable doubt.
In the absence of this proof, the defendant shall be acquitted.”
– Utah Criminal Code
Purpose
“But I already have a lawyer”
You have to understand that even if you have hired a private attorney and payed top dollar for it, there is a big probability that your attorney will suggest that you plead guilty by accepting a plea deal, even before he has taken the time to review your case in depth.
Why?
Because this allows him to be done with your case and move on to new clients thus earning more money with less effort and time. It is your liberty and your future on the line, take control and become better informed.
The information provided here is best implemented with the assistance of an attorney, although not necessary.