The Castle Doctrine and Stand Your Ground Laws
It is two o’clock in the morning and you are awakened by the sound of breaking glass from an intruder attempting to crawl through your ...
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It is All or Nothing
It is now official – ALL states must have a unanimous jury verdict in order to convict someone. Although Washington State was one of the ...
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Criminal v. Civil
The legal system in the United States addresses the wrongdoings that people commit with two different types of cases: civil and criminal cases. Crimes are ...
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Open Container Laws
Every one with a driver’s license in the United States should know that drivers are not permitted to drive while under the influence of alcohol ...
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S*^T Out of Luck – SOL
As all Seattle DUI and Seattle criminal defense attorneys know, every case has a filing period known as a Statue of Limitations (“SOL”). If a ...
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Summarizing the Rules of Evidence
The rules of criminal evidence govern how parties, judges, and juries offer and then evaluate the various forms of evidence presented at trial. In some ...
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Declining Crime Rates?
Has there been a spike or decline in crime since the governor of Washington issued his ‘stay home, stay healthy’ order in March of this ...
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Taboo Tattoo – No Longer
There once was a time that tattoos were taboo – especially for government employees. In essence a ‘deal breaker’ for employment. The State of Pennsylvania ...
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Driving While High
If you think that Driving while under the influence of marijuana is harmless, you might want to think again. Two recent studies have concluded that ...
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