A Utah inmate has forfeited his right to appellate counsel because of repeated and extreme “dilatory, disruptive, and threatening conduct” toward his lawyers, the Utah Supreme Court has ruled.
Attorney Karla Stirling doesn’t handle criminal defense matters, or litigate much. And, although she is licensed in Utah, she primarily practices in California.
A former Salt Lake City lawyer and his two sons pleaded guilty on Friday to reduced charges stemming from an alleged drug lab at their home that was used to…
A Utah woman persuaded state officials to let her get her driver’s license photo taken with a metal pasta strainer upside-down on her head by citing her “Pastafarian” religious beliefs.
When Zac Weiland walked into court on Friday, the assistant Utah prosecutor heard scratching sounds: Bats were in the ceiling, walls and stairwells of the Washington County Justice Center, and…
Named as defendants in a bribery case earlier this year, two men who both served as attorney general for the state of Utah have asked a judge to separate their…
The Utah Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Wednesday in a case that contends Wal-Mart workers have a right to self-defense at work that trumps the company’s right to fire…
A distracted driver who veered onto the shoulder of a Utah roadway last year, striking and killing a bicycling district court judge, quietly took a misdemeanor reckless driving plea in…
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a stay on Friday that allows the state of Utah to refuse to recognize same-sex marriages while the state appeals a federal appeals court ruling…
An unidentified marshal who shot and killed a 25-year-old defendant as he charged the witness stand with a pen in his hand during a federal racketeering trial in Salt Lake…
A divided federal appeals court panel in Denver on Wednesday upheld a decision by a federal judge in Utah that a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional under the…
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