By Greg Smith posted in Criminal Defense on Tuesday, August 22, 2017 For centuries, it was noble to be a midwife (help mothers give birth out of a hospital). Today, you can go to jail for being one. Licensing midwives is now the national trend. In fact, a midwife was recently sentenced to six months …
A Utah appeals court recently rejected the appeal of Brad R. Ricks, a man convicted of homicide after killing a drinking buddy. The Pissing Match Turns Deadly Brad Ricks and his friend Maurice Lee were drinking together one evening in 2009. The two men started what Ricks characterized as a “pissing match about who had …
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The Utah highway patrol recently cited a 53-year-old Fruit heights man for “failure to secure a load” after a mattress fell off of his vehicle and caused a fatal accident. The man was fortunate to leave with a citation for failing to secure a load. Some overzealous prosecutors may have brought involuntary manslaughter charges under …