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Category: DUI Law
Washington DUI Attorney Blog - January 30, 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” police are trained to look for were in this report: ...
Washington DUI Attorney Blog - January 17, 2010
Many of my clients come to my office convinced that they want to pursue a deferred prosecution. Most of them have heard about this option from friends or family. Some have even been steered in that direction from the arresting officer. Almost none of them, however, have any idea what this program ...
Washington DUI Attorney Blog - January 16, 2010
Whenever you see a DUI arrest documented on one of the police television police shows, there is always a videotape of the driving, the field sobriety tests, and other parts of the processing. Sometimes, the video also includes the actual breath test. People expect that DUI arrests will be ...
Washington DUI Attorney Blog - January 07, 2010
An arraignment is the first formal hearing in your DUI case. In some jurisdictions you will be given notice of the arraignment date on the bottom of your DUI citation at the time you are released from custody. In others, you won’t receive notice of the arraignment until weeks or months after ...
Washington DUI Attorney Blog - January 07, 2010
Although there has not yet been a formal announcement, expect to see DUI holiday patrols this year from Thanksgiving through New Years. This time of year, state troopers and other police agencies work in unison to increase their presence for DUI emphasis patrols. In the past we have seen, for ...
Washington DUI Attorney Blog - January 07, 2010
This holiday season, the DUI emphasis patrols will be out in King County and throughout Washington State, patrolling in an increased effort to make DUI arrests. Undoubtedly, DUI arrests will occur. In some of those cases, the driver will be arrested and charged with DUI despite making a good faith ...
Washington DUI Attorney Blog - January 07, 2010
When a person is arrested for a misdemeanor DUI and taken to the police station the police will usually ask: Will you take the breath test? The answer to this question can greatly influence the complications that will arise from the DUI arrest, including length of license suspension and also the ...
Washington DUI Attorney Blog - January 07, 2010
Now that the holidays are upon us, all of the local police agencies will be conducting holiday DUI emphasis patrols. This means an increased presence of law enforcement on the freeways, highways, county roads and city streets whose sole mission is to detect and arrest drivers who are under the ...
Washington DUI Attorney Blog - January 07, 2010
Diego Vargas was invited to speak at the annual seminar “Defending DUIs” that was held on December 11, 2009. The committee selecting speakers asked Diego to lecture on “Winning the Impossible Case” due to the numerous cases he has won that were referred to him by other ...
Washington DUI Attorney Blog - January 07, 2010
Every holiday season, Washington State police agencies step up DUI patrols as part of an increased DUI awareness and enforcement program. In most cases, a DUI arrest happens after an officer observes some driving error and pulls the vehicle over. Two recently reported cases are unique in that the ...
Washington DUI Attorney Blog - January 07, 2010
December 11, 2009 was the evening of the annual “Night of a Thousand Stars” kickoff in Snohomish County. The name derives from the badges worn by the reported nearly 1,000 DUI officers who patrolled throughout Washington state on this date, looking for drunk drivers. The Night of a ...
Washington DUI Attorney Blog - January 07, 2010
According to the Washington state Liquor Control Board Web site, non-alcoholic beer ” is classified as non-alcoholic (meaning it has less than 0.5% alcohol by volume as shown on the label), it is not considered to be liquor and can be sold to anyone.
So, can non-alcoholic beer, containing ...
Washington DUI Attorney Blog - January 07, 2010
The U.S. Tax Court last week allowed the driver of a car to write off thousands of dollars of damage after he totalled it while under the influence.
It’s not unusual to deduct property damage (this is claimed as a casualty loss deduction on Form 4684) from your taxes. What is unusual is the ...
Washington DUI Attorney Blog - October 31, 2009
The possibility of serving time in jail is one of the most frightening things about being arrested for DUI. Many Washington State Patrol troopers routinely book into jail every person they arrest, thus many people already have had a view of what jail can be like. It is an unpleasant experience all ...
Washington DUI Attorney Blog - October 25, 2009
Many people shudder at thought of having one of these devices and often react to the news that this device may be the only way that can drive their car for period of time in the future. The reality is, the more harsh the Washington DUI laws become, the lack of fairness in DOL hearings, [...]
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