Negligent Driving First Degree or a DUI Trial?
March 30th, 2009
A good defense attorney not only prepares for trial, he or she also negotiates with the prosecution in order to persuade the prosecutor to offer a reduced charge. The question that the client must then answer is: Do I accept a plea to the reduced cha…
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DUI Court on Saturday?
March 14th, 2009
A citizen arrested for DUI might have his first court within one judicial day of the arrest, or his first court appearance might be six weeks later. It all depends upon how the police officer chooses to process the case.
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Categories: DUI Arrests
Some Judges Require Probation Before a DUI Conviction
February 23rd, 2009
Believe it or not, Judges are ordering citizens who are charged with DUI into “probation” before there is even a conviction. Most people find this puzzling, since probation should come AFTER a conviction, not before. Traditionally, probation is a…
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Categories: DUI Arrests
New Ignition Interlock Device DUI Law for 2009
February 11th, 2009
The New Year has brought significant changes to the Washington State DUI law. This year such a change is in the form of the new “Ignition Interlock License” Law. Our firm is finding answers to the questions raised by the Ignition Interlock Law, (…
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View the New Ignition Interlock License
January 24th, 2009
New as of January 1, 2009, is the Ignition Interlock License (ILL). This is a brand-new type of a license, never before seen in our state. Recall that an individual arrested for a DUI in Washington state may lose his license either administratively (…
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Clients Review Jon Scott Fox on Avvo
January 23rd, 2009
It use to be that a person looking for legal counsel had little or no way to find out one of the most important criterion for evaluating an attorney: what former clients had to say. Not anymore. Avvo, the Seattle-based company that rates and profiles…
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Authors Revise the Book "Defending DUIs in Washington State"
January 14th, 2009
The latest revision to the lawyer's manual "Defending DUis In Washington" is to be released in February 2009. The revision contains textbook-like treatment of the law and science of breath testing and also examines the procedure known as Drug Reco…
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Drugged Driving Driver Can't Get Ignition Interlock License?
January 1st, 2009
Effective January 1, 2009, the Washington State Legislature passed a new law which provides a certain amount of relief for a driver who has been arrested for DUI and whose license is suspended because of a conviction for DUI. Whereas previously, such…
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Debunking the DUI "Eye" Test
November 29th, 2008
In February of this year, the long anticipated decision in State v. Baity, 140 Wn.2d 1 (2000) was published and the battle over the admissibility of Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus (HGN) was thrust to the forefront. HGN is the side to side jerking of the e…
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Proof of "Consent" in DUI Trials Required for FST
November 29th, 2008
DUI defense attorneys in Washington State have been arguing for years now that field tests require some level of consent. Although the higher courts have repeatedly agreed that field tests are voluntary, they have offered no guidance in determining w…
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Tags: Admissibility, Consent, Drunk Tests, DUI Defense, Evidence, Field Sobriety Tests, FST, RCW, Seattle
