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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DUI Jury Renders Verdict on System of Justice
January 30th, 2010
Recently I represented a client who was charged with DUI in the Seattle area after a detention and arrest by a local police officer. A review of the police report led me to believe that this could be a difficult case. All the “signs” poli…
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Categories: DUI Arrests
Seattle DUI - what does quartz have to do with my breath test?
September 12th, 2009
After a Seattle DUI arrest or an arrest for DUI anywhere in Washington state, the citizen who has been arrested for DUI will be asked to take a breath test. As of the date of this blog, the DataMaster breath testing machine (in two variations) is the…
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Seattle DUI - Refuse a Breath Test at your Peril
September 10th, 2009
Our Implied Consent Law states that an individual under arrest for a misdemeanor DUI in Washington state has the “right” to refuse to submit to a breath test. Most citizens know this, and, on average, probably less than 20% of those arres…
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Seattle DUI if Not Drunk?
June 15th, 2009
Most people refer to a violation of the Washington State DUI law as “drunk driving.” Certainly, as any Seattle DUI lawyer will tell you, a person who is drunk and then drives is in violation of the law. However, the law doesn’t actually have th…
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What if Attorney Diego Vargas Represented You on a DUI?
May 20th, 2009
We at Fox Bowman Duarte pride ourselves on being on the cutting edge of the law so that we can provide excellent representation for our clients who are accused of DUI. However, we know from experience that there is more to providing excellent represe…
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DUI Arrest in Snohomish County, Prosecuted in King County?
May 20th, 2009
If a DUI arrest occurs within the city limits of Bothell, then there are three potential courts in which the case might be filed. This is because some of Bothell is in Snohomish County and a portion of it is in King County. It is one of those rare ci…
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DUI Toolbox Includes Jury Trial
May 18th, 2009
In DUI cases it may seem to the uninitiated that a trial would not be wise. After all, how can a jury find someone Not Guilty of a DUI charge when the evidence seems overwhelming and it includes a breath test over the legal limit? There are, in fact,…
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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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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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