Every decision by U.S. Supreme Court justice nominee Sonia Sotomayor is currently being scrutinized by interested parties, but there is only one decision by judge Sotamayor that deals specifically with DUI. The case arose out of the City of New York�… Read More

Whether it is a Seattle DUI, Bellevue DUI, or a DUI anywhere in Washington state, certain information is kept in a huge database kept by the Washington State patrol pertaining to the administration of the breath test. The DUI breath test machine in W… Read More

In past years it was common procedure for Washington State DUI arrests to be recorded on police video. Jurors have come to expect this, based upon TV shows such as “Cops.” Video recording a DUI arrest is good public policy because the video const… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More