A new DUI breath testing machine for Washington State?
July 5th, 2010
A new DUI breath testing machine for Washington State? Washington State is slowly moving forward with plans to deploy new DUI breath testing machines. The state has already purchased a number of machines, the Draeger 9510, and is in the process of te…
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Jon Fox Named Top Criminal Defense Attorney in King County
June 30th, 2010
Jon Scott Fox has been named by Seattle Metropolitan Magazine as being one of the top criminal defense attorneys in King County. The result is based upon a survey of peer-review ratings administered by Martindale-Hubbell. According to Seattle Metropo…
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Politics, DUI and the new cell phone law
June 26th, 2010
As of June 10, 2010, Washington State has a new cell phone law. The publicity surrounding this law has mainly focused on the fact that the new law changes cell phone violations from a “secondary offense” for which a police officer may not stop yo…
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DUI arrest leads to loss of custody of kids?
June 26th, 2010
Every year, Washington State legislature amends the DUI laws in an effort to make the DUI laws even tougher or to “tune up ” the laws. This year’s legislative session resulted in the passage of HB 3124, a law that went into effect June 10, 2010…
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Jon Scott Fox Named 2010 Super Lawyer
June 23rd, 2010
Jon Scott Fox has been named a 2010 Super Lawyer by Washington Law & Politics magazine. Each year the magazine honors the top attorneys in Washington state based on extensive surveys and independent research. Fewer than five percent of the state&…
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Talking on Cell Phone Leads to DUI arrest?
May 15th, 2010
Experience has shown that many DUI arrests result from the police stopping a car for reasons that have nothing to do with driving under the influence. For instance, many DUI arrests in Washington State result from an investigation following an office…
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30 Days for Refusing a DUI Breath Test?
April 10th, 2010
30 Days for Refusing a DUI Breath Test? One of the relatively unknown aspects of Washington State DUI law is that the penalties for violations of certain mandatory requirements of probation will result in mandatory sentences that the judge must impos…
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Meteors, Cosmic Rays and DUI defense
March 20th, 2010
Recent happenings (March, 2010) reveal some unusual defenses to DUI charges. First, there was the decision of the Court of Appeals in State of Washington vs. Richard Charles Tracer, No. 37812-4-II. This was a Washington State DUI/Vehicular Assault ca…
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Hot Tub Your Way to a DUI Conviction?
February 28th, 2010
Washington State DUI laws are among the strictest in the nation. Like most states, the legal limit is .08% but the reading is produced by testing breath alcohol, not blood alcohol. Breath alcohol does not impair a driver; it is only alcohol in the bl…
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Drug DUI cop’s opinion not automatically admissible
February 21st, 2010
Officers who have special training to detect whether a DUI driver is impaired by drugs are known as “DRE” or “Drug Recognition Experts.” Washington State has a growing number of officers who have received this training and DUI officers in Sea…
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