Utah 402 Reduction Attorney
- Felony to Misdemeanor - West Jordan Criminal Defense
You may be
eligible to have your felony charges reduced to misdemeanors if you
have successfully completed your felony probation.
Call
Utah criminal
defense attorney
Stephen Howard to see if you qualify to get your charges reduced.
Once your
probation
is
terminated successfully, it is best not to wait. Some
people
have missed the chance to get their felony charges
reduced when they picked up new charges after they completed
probation. Even if the new charge is just a
misdemeanor,
that
can
be enough to convince a judge not to reduce the felony conviction to a
misdemeanor.
Having a felony conviction on your record in Utah can
make it harder
to get a job, harder to find a place to live, and much more.
If
you have been convicted of a
felony
in Utah, then you probably know all
too well how difficult a felony can make your life.
But
if you have completed your probation successfully, you may be eligible
to have your charges reduced to misdemeanors under Utah Code Section
76-3-402. A reduction under this section is often called a
"402 reduction." Even a second
degree felony conviction can sometimes be reduced to a misdemeanor.
Getting your conviction reduced can also speed up the
expungment
process. For example, a 3rd degree felony has a seven year
waiting period from the end of probation. But once the
conviction is reduced to a class A misdemeanor, the waiting period
shortened by two years.
The
reduction is not automatic. To obtain a
Utah
402 reduction, you
will have to demonstrate that it is in "the interests of justice" to
reduce your felony conviction to a misdemeanor. It is
important to
have an experienced, pesuasive Utah
criminal
defense attorney advocating for you to give you the best chance of
getting your charges reduced.
You worked hard to complete probation successfully. It is
definitely
worth the extra effort to get your charges reduced.
The
payoff for losing that "convicted felon" label is worth it.
With offices located in downtown Salt Lake City, Stephen Howard is
pleased to serve clients in West Jordan and throughout Utah.
Contact
us today for an initial consultation with
Salt
Lake criminal defense lawyer Stephen Howard. Start
the process of getting your
charges reduced.

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