Salt Lake City v. SH, Salt Lake City Justice Court, Attorney Jason Schatz, secured a NOT GUILTY verdict on a DUI charge at a jury trial despite the fact that the Defendant's breath test result indicated a blood alcohol level of .125. Thorough discovery revealed that the breath testing machine used to test the Defendant had to be taken out of service within a few weeks of the Defendant's arrest due to a machine malfunction.
Salt Lake City v DG, Salt Lake City Justice Court, Attorney Steve Anderson obtained a NOT GUILTY verdict at trial for his client on the charge of DUI. The Client lived out of state and is the head of a multi-million dollar company and as a result of the verdict, the client was able to maintain his employment and driving privileges.
Salt Lake City v. KW, Salt Lake City Justice Court, Attorney Jason Schatz, obtained a NOT GUILTY verdict at jury trial. The Defendant was stopped for speeding by an experienced motor officer. The arresting officer observed 6 of 6 clues on HGN, 4 of 8 clues on Walk and Turn, and 3 of 4 clues on One Leg Stand, and Defendant refused to submit to a breath test.
USA v RW, Federal District Court, Attorney Steve Anderson was successful in having federal drug charges dismissed prior to trial after challenging the officer's lack of probable cause to arrest his client.
Draper City v CT, Draper City Justice Court, Attorney Steve Anderson obtained a NOT GUILTY verdict at trial for his client who was charged with reckless driving & negligent collision. This allowed the client's drivers license to be unaffected as well as his insurance costs.
State of Utah v. KT, Salt Lake County Justice Court, Attorney Jason Schatz successfully defended the Defendant on a charge of DUI and obtained a NOT Guilty jury verdict. The Defendant's BAC was .089 and the officer claimed to have observed 4 of 6 clues on HGN, 5 of 8 clues on Walk and Turn, and 3 of 4 clues on One Leg Stand.
West Valley City v. GG, West Valley City Justice Court, Attorney Jason Schatz filed a Motion to Suppress on the Defendant's 2nd DUI in 10 years arguing that the officer lacked the necessary reasonable suspicion to initiate a traffic stop on Defendant's vehicle which was granted by the court resulting in a dismissal of all charges, including DUI. The Defendant also had been arrested for his 3rd DUI in 10 years and the dismissal eliminated the felony upgrade.
Reinstatement of Cross Examination at Driver License Hearings, in May of 2007 the Drivers License Division adopted a rule eliminating the right of a defense attorney to cross examine the arresting officer. Attorney Jason Schatz single handedly filed dozens of appeals to District Court and eventually obtained orders from numerous District Court Judge's finding that the lack of cross examination violated a drivers right to Due Process forcing the DLD to reinstate cross examination at all hearings across the state.
Salt Lake City v. TB, Third District Court, Attorney Jason Schatz was successful in getting all charges, including DUI, dismissed after filing a Motion to Suppress challenging the officer's basis for a traffic stop based on a report from the client's ex-wife that he was drunk and driving his children in the car. The Motion was granted by the Third District Court. The City then appealed to the Court of Appeals which upheld the suppression order. The City then petitioned the Utah Supreme Court and the appeal was again denied.
State v. BF, Third District-Salt Lake, Attorney Steve Anderson was successful in having his client's Third Degree Felony DUI dismissed on two separate filings from the District Attorney's Office. Also, the client's driver's license suspension was overturned on Appeal.
Salt Lake City v BS, Third District Court-Salt Lake, Attorney Steve Anderson appealed the client's Justice Court conviction and obtained a NOT GUILTY verdict in District Court for his client on an assault charge. The client had previously been convicted of the charge in justice court.
West Jordan City v. DP, West Jordan Justice Court, Attorney Jason Schatz filed a Motion to Suppress arguing that the officer lacked the necessary reasonable suspicion to initiate a traffic stop on Defendant's vehicle which was granted by the court resulting in a dismissal of all charges, including DUI, despite the Defendant's breath test result showing a BAC of .209.
Salt Lake City v CP; Third District Court-Salt Lake, Barrett-Attorney Steve Anderson was successful in having DUI charges dismissed after a suppression hearing challenging the police officer's reasonable suspicion to stop the client's vehicle. This resulted in the client not having a DUI on his record.
Murray City v. RT, Murray Justice Court, Attorney Jason Schatz was able to appeal the Defendant's administrative driver license suspension and have the suspension over turned on appeal. Attorney Schatz also negotiated the clients DUI charge reduced to Impaired Driving despite the Defendant's .171 BAC based on an irregularity in the breath test procedure, saving the client's CDL and his job.
*Cases are real, actual cases, but client names have been changed to initials for privacy purposes
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