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Can the Washington State Patrol make a Seattle DUI arrest off the freeway?

Most people don’t know that if you refuse to take a breath test, in Seattle the police can telephonically apply for a search warrant and force you to give blood.

FBD attorney Diana Lundin is a featured speaker at the 2009 Washington Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys annual conference on June 13, 2009. Diana’s practice focuses upon representing drivers whose licenses are subject to administrative license suspension by the DOL as a result of a Seattle DUI …

FBD partners Francisco Duarte and Jon Fox were speakers at the Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers seminar “Trial Skills” which was held on May 15, 2009 in SeaTac. The topic of discussion was jury selection or Voir Dire with the theme “Truth or Dare.” In any DUI …

A client recently commented how inconvenient it was to have his license punched after he was stopped DUI. This hassle stems from a common misunderstanding that a hole punched in your license necessarily means that your license is invalid. In fact that is not the case.

Senate Bill 6068, Section 1 amends RCW 46.20.270 and Section 2 amends RCW 46.25.010.  Under this statute, a deferred prosecution will not save a person’s CDL. Undoubtedly, the new language will have a tremendous detrimental effect on unsuspecting CDL holders and possibly surprise attorneys who are unaware of this change. The date to keep in mind is July [...]

RCW 46.61.5058 gives the government the power to seize and forfeit your car if you are arrested and convicted for a second offense DUI.  In fact, the mere allegation, supported by probable cause, of a second offense DUI is sufficient to allow the government to prohibit you from  ”encumbering, selling, or transferring” your interest in …

The Washington State Patrol Mobile Impaired Driving Unit, sometimes called the MIDU, is a DUI processing center on wheels.

If you are convicted of DUI then you will be required to obtain an alcohol and drug evaluation.  This is required by RCW 46.61.5055, which governs the penalties for a DUI conviction.  RCW 46.61.5055(7) states,  ”[a]n offender punishable under this section is subject to the alcohol assessment and treatment provisions of RCW 46.61.5056.”  RCW 46.61.5056 states,

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, numerous Washington State DUI cases where  a dedicated DUI defense attorney secured [...]