A Shot Over the Bow or Something More?
Mega media outlets are at it yet again, wading into the sea of aggressively highlighting DUI’s and other types of criminal activity, albeit in a somewhat ...
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- October 9, 2017
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Oh Canada – May I Come In?
Although we at SQ Attorneys don’t work on or near the Canadian border, a common question we get is whether a pending DUI can impact ...
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- September 25, 2017
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No Freebies, Judge or Not
Not really a ‘truth is stranger than fiction‘ moment per se, but last week a Snohomish County superior court judge plead guilty to drunken driving. ...
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- September 8, 2017
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Deferred Prosecution is not the Easy Out
Many folks often wonder when they – or a loved one – are facing a first time DUI if there is a ‘get out of jail free/ ...
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- August 22, 2017
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Change is in the Air
Earlier this year the Washington State legislature made extensive changes to our Washington DUI statutes. The bulk of our impaired driving related statutes were changed ...
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- August 8, 2017
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BUI Numbers on the Rise
As has happened over the past several years, there was an arrest spike during Seafair weekend this past weekend. Last year twenty six folks were ...
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- July 11, 2017
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A Bracelet you Don’t Want
While a DUI case is pending, court’s routinely require the defendant to follow certain guidelines/ conditions. Standard ‘conditions of release’ include don’t drive within 24 ...
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- June 18, 2017
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Back to Basics
Pursuant to Washington State’s implied consent law (RCW 46.20.308), a driver arrested for DUI faces the imposition of a driver’s license penalty in the form ...
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- May 31, 2017
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Drinking Boaters Beware
As with every year, when summer rolls in to town our waterways fill up. Boaters take to the water like ducks on a pond. In like ...
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- May 22, 2017
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A Change in Plans
Come August of this year holding an electronic device while behind the wheel (beyond just texting or holding a phone to your ear) will violate ...
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