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Case result — Theft (No jail) — No Jail Time

In this case, we were retained to defend an individual who had been charged with Retail Theft (shoplifting), a Class B Misdemeanor, in the 4th District Court of Provo, in Utah County, Utah. In cases like this one a defense attorney’s primary objective is to assure that no jail time is imposed by the court, so that the defendant is able to immediately move on with his life. Our efforts were to persuade the court not to require any jail time were successful.

Case result — Theft (No jail) — Charges Dismissed

In a recent case, a criminal defense attorney from our firm represented a person faced with charge of retail theft in the West Jordan District Court, in Salt Lake County, Utah. We were successful in procuring for our client a deal wherein no jail time was ordered by the court, and the charge will be dismissed in its entirety after a short probationary period.

Charges dismissed — Theft

Our firm was recently retained to defend an individual facing the criminal charge of Retail Theft, in the West Jordan City Justice Court. Our objective in this case was to procure plea in abeyance, so that upon completion of probation the charge would be dismissed and our client would have a “clean record”. We were successful in that endeavor.

Plea in abeyance — Theft (after 12 months) — Charges Dismissed

An attorney from our office negotiated a plea in abeyance for a criminal defendant in the Provo City, Utah Justice Court. Our client was charged with a class B misdemeanor for Theft. The abeyance prevents any conviction from entering against our client. The case will be dismissed after twelve months of good behavior.

Charges dismissed — Theft

An attorney from our firm represented a criminal defendant in the Roy City, Utah Justice Court where he got a misdemeanor theft case dismissed.

Charges dismissed — Theft

One of the lawyers from our office got a misdemeanor Theft charge dismissed in the Weber County, Utah Justice Court.

Plea in abeyance — Theft — Charges Dismissed

We represented a client in the Provo City, Utah Justice Court for an accusation of Retail Theft. We negotiated a plea in abeyance agreement. Pursuant to this agreement, the case will be dismissed in April of 2012.

Case result — Theft (No jail) — No Jail Time

A Zabriskie Law Firm attorney appeared for a criminal defendant facing sentencing for a misdemeanor Retail Theft in the Provo City, Utah Justice Court. The defendant had recently been convicted for a prior Retail Theft offense so she was facing a real possibility of being sentenced to jail. Our lawyer argued for no jail and convinced the judge to instead place the defendant on twelve months of good-behavior probation.

Charges dismissed — Theft

An attorney from our Provo, Utah office represented a client accused of committing a misdemeanor Retail Theft. Our lawyer managed to convince the Provo City prosecutor and the Provo City Justice Court judge to dismiss the charge and close the case.

Plea in abeyance — Theft — Charges Dismissed

One of our lawyers negotiated a plea in abeyance for a client in the Provo City, Utah Justice Court. The client was facing two misdemeanor charges for retail theft. Because of the plea being held in abeyance no convictions will enter and the charges will be dismissed after a short period of good behavior.

Plea in abeyance — Theft (after 6 months) — Charges Dismissed

We kept a client from having a theft conviction placed on her record at the Provo City Justice Court by negotiating a plea in abeyance deal for her. The plea in abeyance provides that her case will be dismissed after 6 months on probation.

Charges dismissed — Theft

In this case our client was charged with Theft in the Davis County Justice Court. We convinced the court to dismiss the charge.

Charge reduced — Theft

We represented a criminal defendant faced with theft, a Class A Misdemeanor, in the 4th District Court in Spanish Fork, Utah County, Utah. We procured an agreement wherein there was a dramatic reduction in the court’s imposition of punishment.

Charges dismissed — Theft

Recently, our firm was retained to represent a criminal defendant who was facing the charges of Theft, a 2nd Degree Felony, and Criminal Mischief, a Class B Misdemeanor, in the 4th District Court of Juab. We convinced the court to dismiss the charge of Criminal Mischief and to reduce the level of the Theft charge.

Charges dismissed — Theft

In this case our client was charged with Theft Of Services in the Salt Lake City Justice Court. We convinced the court to dismiss the charge at the end of a short probationary period.

Charges dismissed — Theft

One of the criminal defense attorneys in our firm was recently retained to defend an individual in the Provo City Justice Court who was charged with Theft. The attorney negotiated for the dismissal of the charge.

Charges dismissed — Theft

In this particular case our firm was retained to defend an individual charged with Burglary, a 2nd Degree Felony, and Theft Of Mislaid/Lost/Mistaken Property, a 3rd Degree Felony, in the 3rd District Court of West Jordan. We successfully negotiated for the dismissal of the theft charge, and for the reduction of the burglary charge. Also, we convinced the court not to impose any prison time.

Case result — Theft — Favorable Result

Our defense team represented a client at a sentencing hearing in the Summit County District Court who had been convicted of 2ndDegree Felony Aggravated Burglary for his participation in with a group of others in entering a home in the middle of the night toassault an occupant. After hearing argument from our criminal defense lawyer the judge imposed a 165 day jail sentence with credit for 140 days already served.

Charge reduced — Theft (No jail)

One of our attorneys represented a criminal defendant in the Provo, Utah District Court. Our lawyer negotiated a reduction to a misdemeanor with no jail from an original third degree felony burglary charge.

Charges dismissed — Theft

An attorney from our office represented a criminal defendant in the Spanish Fork, Utah District Court where the defendant was facing misdemeanor charges for theft and burglary of a vehicle. Our attorney negotiated a dismissal of the burglary charge and a no contest plea to the misdemeanor theft offense with a no-jail sentence.

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