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From Thursday July 21, 2001 until Thursday, August 4, 2011 Target Zero DUI Task Force Troopers will be working with Mukilteo Police Department to increase DUI arrests in the Mukilteo, Washington area. These extra DUI and Speeding Ticket patrols will include areas of Mukilteo where there have been fatality or severe injury collisions and/or complaints [...]
Washington Department of Licensing maintains a plethora of information regarding your driving history. The length of time the information is retained for depends on the type of information: Convictions for DUI, Physical Control, alcohol-related offenses, Deferred Prosecutions, Vehicular Assaults and Vehicular Homicide Convictions remain on your driving abstract for 99 years. Convictions, bail forfeitures and [...]
If you are arrested for a DUI offense in Washington State for DUI offenses the officer will be required to impound your vehicle for 12 hours. The new DUI bill was signed into law Wednesday by Gov. Chris Gregoire and will take effect in July, 2011. “Hailey’s Law,” named after a driver who had a [...]
The 2010 Washington State Legislative session has brought several law changes related to DUI cases. The biggest changes are not to the DUI laws themselves, but collateral laws such as the Interlock Ignition License statute, child dependency and traffic laws. Unless otherwise noted the updates below do not take effect until January 1, 2011. Mandatory [...]
On September 29, 2006, Stafford County, Virginia Sherrif Deputy Peter Nelson and a number of other officers were investigating a burglary. The officers believed that the perpetrator had fled the scene. In order to contain and capture the suspect the officers set up a perimeter around the area using police vehicles with their overhead lights [...]
From the Georgia Court of Appeals comes a helpful case for Washington DUI attroneys on what amounts to probable cause to arrest for DUI. In State v. Encinas, 2010 WL 481357, the officer stopped Mr. Encinas for going 70 M.P.H. in a 55 M.P.H. zone and “riding against the fog line.” Upon approaching the vehicle [...]
The Defendant was convicted of DUI under Oregon law. Defendant attempted to call his family attorney ffrom his cell phone in the back of the police vehicle before his phone was taken away by officers. Upon arriving at the police station the Defendant made several attempts to talk to his family attorney. Defendant also called [...]
The recent United States Supreme Court ruling in Padilla v. Kentucky, 599 U.S. ____ (2010) held that the Sixth Amendment requires defense counsel to provide affirmatve competent advice to a noncitizen defendnat regarding the immigration consequences of a guilty plea. Absent such adivce a noncitizen may raise a claim of ineffective assitance of counsel. Deportation [...]
A recent Minnesota Appellate case, State v. Beattie, 2009 WL 1751131, address this issue. In this case, the Defendant arrested for DUI and taken to the Crow Wing County jail. The Defendant was read his implied consent warnings and given a phone book to locate a DUI attorney. Several phone calls were made and when [...]
A recent Texas case addressed the reasoanbleness of the methods used to forcefully obtain a blood draw. In State v. Johnston, 2009 WL 3720156, the Defendant refused to submit to a blood draw. A warrant was obtained and a sample of her blood was obtained against her will. The sample was taken the police station [...]
