The Covid-19 Impact
May 18, 2020
As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads each day, many courtrooms are closing their doors to the public and postponing criminal cases. This is a situation that…
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Words Alone - Not Crime
May 18, 2020
SQ Attorneys Racist name calling is not synonymous with hate crimes; they are two different things entirely, and one is even protected by the United…
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Revoking Probation
May 11, 2020
A motion to revoke probation is a court filing that says you did something wrong while on probation for a criminal conviction or a diversion. Every…
Read moreOn the Rise
May 11, 2020
SQ Attorneys As domestic violence related incidents have spiked during the Covid-19 outbreak, so too has officers’ ‘use-of-force’. In fact, two such…
Read moreMan Down - For the Public Good
May 4, 2020
SQ Attorneys In all the years of doing this business, one thing has become quite clear ... a great number of folks are just plain suspicious of police…
Read moreThe Castle Doctrine and Stand Your Ground Laws
April 29, 2020
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 window. You race…
Read moreIt is All or Nothing
April 28, 2020
SQ Attorneys It is now official – ALL states must have a unanimous jury verdict in order to convict someone. Although Washington State was one of the 48…
Read moreCriminal v. Civil
April 27, 2020
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
April 20, 2020
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 or other…
Read moreS*^T Out of Luck - SOL
April 20, 2020
SQ Attorneys 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
April 13, 2020
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…
Read moreDeclining Crime Rates?
April 13, 2020
SQ Attorneys 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 year?…
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