You Are Being Watched: DUI Pretrial Conditions
May 6th, 2009
Technology is wonderful. However, it can be liberating or it can be a ball and chain. In DUI cases, more and more frequently these days, judges are using technology to monitor people who were arrested and charged with DUI, but who have not yet been f…
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Grading Field Sobriety Tests: "Fail" equals Jail.
May 5th, 2009
Every DUI stop, whether a DUI in Seattle, Bellevue, King County, or a DUI stop elsewhere in Washington State, is likely to involve field sobriety tests. Most people submit to the field sobriety tests on the assumption that (1) they are required to ta…
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WSP Sued- Everybody Goes to Jail?
May 4th, 2009
Once a DUI arrest has been made and the processing has been completed (breath testing, fingerprinting, etc.) the arresting officer has the authority to decide whether the suspect will be booked into jail or released. Some jurisdictions routinely rele…
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Did You Pass the DUI "Eye Test?"
May 2nd, 2009
Most people are familiar with the “usual” balancing and coordination field sobriety tests that are given to a driver who has been detained on suspicion of DUI. These tests include “walking the line,” balancing on one leg, and sometimes the fi…
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Arrested for a Green Tongue by Washington Police Officers?
April 27th, 2009
There is a nationwide push to detect and prosecute DUI cases where the driver is impaired by drugs, not alcohol. In King County and elsewhere in Washington State, DUI defense attorneys are seeing more and more drug DUI arrests that have resulted from…
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Ambien Overdose Leads to DUI Conviction
April 18th, 2009
Whereas it is well known that driving while impaired by alcohol is against the law, the law also criminalizes driving while under the influence of drugs. DUI/drugs can be accomplished with legal, prescribed drugs that impair the ability to drive. DUI…
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The Go-To Guide for DUI - Defense Defending DUIs - in Washington is Updated
April 15th, 2009
For over ten years, Jon Scott Fox has co-authored Defending DUIs in Washington, the definitive and highly acclaimed treatise of DUI defense in Washington state that is used as a reference by other DUI defense attorneys. This year’s edition, whi…
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Jon Scott Fox Recognized as Among Top Criminal Defense Lawyers
April 9th, 2009
Jon Scott Fox has been recognized by Washington Law & Politics magazine as among the “Top 25” criminal defense attorneys in Washington state. The result is based on extensive surveys of the state’s attorneys and independent rese…
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Jon Scott Fox Honored as Super Lawyer for 2009
April 6th, 2009
Jon Scott Fox has been named a 2009 Super Lawyer in Washington state by Washington Law & Politics magazine. Each year the magazine honors the top attorneys in the state based on extensive surveys and independent research. Fewer than five percent…
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How To Get Into Trouble With Your License
April 4th, 2009
They say that every citizen is presumed to know the law. That is, of course, impossible. Nobody can know all the laws. Everybody knows that a DUI arrest and conviction, for instance, will result in driver’s license suspension. However, there is…
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