Salt Lake City Criminal Defense Lawyer - Aggravated Criminal
Charges

Felony aggravated crimes in Salt Lake City are prosecuted aggressively
by the
Salt Lake District Attorney's Office. If you are facing an
aggravated criminal charge, you need an experienced
Utah
criminal lawyer on your
side. Based in
Salt
Lake City, criminal attorney Stephen Howard has successfully
defended serious
criminal charges including aggravated robbery, aggravated burglary,
aggravated assault, and more.
Aggravated charges carry the potential for substantially increased
penalties. For example, a simple
misdemeanor
assault punishable by six months in jail becomes a third
degree
felony
punishable by up to five years in prison. A
burglary
or
robbery
charge punishable by up to 15 years in prison becomes a first degree
felony punishable by life in prison. Some aggravated charges
are punishable by life in prison without parole ("LWOP").
Aggravated murder is punishable by they death penalty.
The most common grounds for enhancing a criminal charge to an
aggravated level include the use of a weapon or the infliction of a
serious physical injury. Charges that can be enhanced to an
aggravated level include
assault,
burglary, robbery, arson, escape, kidnapping, sexual assault, and
murder.
If you are facing aggravated criminal charges in Salt Lake City, you
could be facing years in prison and thousands of dollars in fines.
Stephen Howard is an experienced
criminal
defense lawyer in Salt Lake City with a track record of
achieving
real results
for his clients.
Contact us now to
schedule an initial consultation.

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