Weber County · Second District · Five Justice Courts

Weber County DUI & criminal defense.

We have practiced from 3856 Washington Blvd in Ogden for more than fifty years. Weber County is not a market we expanded into — it is the county whose courts, prosecutors and judges we appear in front of every week.

I. The Courts

Every court in Weber County.

Six courts hear criminal cases in this county. Which one has your file is decided by the offense level and the agency that cited you, and it changes the timeline, the leverage, and the strategy.

CourtAddressHears
Second District Court2525 Grant Ave, OgdenFelonies, class A misdemeanors, jury trials, trials de novo
Ogden City Justice CourtOgdenClass B/C misdemeanors cited by Ogden PD
Roy/Weber Justice Court5051 S 1900 W, RoyRoy, Hooper, West Haven, unincorporated Weber County
Riverdale Justice Court4600 S Weber River DrCases cited by Riverdale PD
South Ogden Justice Court3950 Adams AveCases cited by South Ogden PD
North Ogden Justice Court515 E 2600 NCases cited by North Ogden PD
II. The Agencies

Who stopped you changes the case.

Weber County is patrolled by seven separate agencies with different training, different equipment and different habits. That is not trivia — it determines what video exists, how the field tests were administered, and which court gets the file.

01

Ogden Police Department

The largest agency in the county and the source of most Ogden DUI filings. Heaviest enforcement runs Historic 25th Street’s bar district, Washington Boulevard, Wall Avenue, and the I-15 and 12th Street interchange, with event-night and holiday saturation patrols.

02

Weber County Sheriff’s Office

Patrols the unincorporated county and the canyons. Sheriff cases are frequently filed in the Roy/Weber Justice Court or, if the level warrants, the Second District.

03

Utah Highway Patrol

Works I-15 and I-84 through the county. UHP DUI cases are more often filed in district court and more often involve a blood draw rather than a breath test — which opens chain-of-custody and lab-error defenses that a breath case does not have.

04

The municipal departments

Roy, Riverdale, South Ogden, North Ogden, Pleasant View, Washington Terrace and Harrisville each field their own officers. Small departments mean fewer DUI arrests per officer per year — and a real difference in how consistently standardized field sobriety tests are administered.

III. Where We Practice

Weber County, city by city.

Our office is at 3856 Washington Blvd in Ogden. Every city below is inside twenty minutes of it.

OgdenRoyRiverdaleSouth OgdenNorth OgdenBrigham City

Common questions.

Which court will my Weber County case go to?
It depends on the offense level and the citing agency. Felonies, class A misdemeanors, repeat DUIs and any case headed for a jury trial are filed in the Second District Court at 2525 Grant Avenue in Ogden. Class B and C misdemeanors are filed in the justice court of whichever city made the arrest — Ogden, Roy, Riverdale, South Ogden or North Ogden each run their own.
Is a justice court case less serious than a district court case?
The charge is what it is; the court just changes the machinery. Justice courts move faster, judges hear cases from the bench rather than to a jury, and there is a right to a trial de novo — an entirely new trial in the district court — after a justice court conviction. That appeal right is short-fused and it is real negotiating leverage.
Do you handle cases from the smaller Weber County cities?
Yes — Ogden, Roy, Riverdale, South Ogden, North Ogden, Pleasant View, Washington Terrace, Plain City, Hooper, West Haven and the unincorporated county. Cases from Roy, Hooper, West Haven and unincorporated Weber County are all heard by the Roy/Weber Justice Court.
Where will I be booked if I am arrested in Weber County?
The Weber County Correctional Facility, 1400 Depot Drive in Ogden, regardless of which city's police made the arrest. See our page on booking, bail and release in Weber County.