NCO lasts the Length of A Sentence
In April of this year our Supreme Court ruled that RCW 10.99.050 only authorizes a court of limited jurisdiction (a district or municipal court) to ...
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Hit and Run Basics
This past weekend a 50 year old Seattle man was hit by a pickup truck while riding his bicycle along Rainier Avenue South. The man ...
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Alcohol/ Drugs and Crime
In criminal cases it is common to have facts that involve alcohol and/or drugs. This is so because both obviously inhibit, or otherwise cloud, judgment, ...
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Licensing Change on the Horizon
Last year Washington lawmakers passed a measure creating a two-tiered licensing system. Jay Inslee – Washington State’s governor – thereafter signed the law into effect. ...
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Rental Cars and Privacy
One thing about folks in the US, we all cherish our constitutional rights. One constitutional principle we particularly hold onto tightly, is our right to ...
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Embezzle(theft)
What is embezzlement? Good question. It can be said that embezzlement is theft, but theft isn’t necessarily embezzlement. By its very nature, embezzlement involves a ...
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An Assault That Wasn’t?
What warrants the police and/or a prosecutor to pursue an arrest or a criminal charge? Apparently that is a good question; it is amazing how ...
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Rights – Know Them, Exercise Them
Certainly no one ever wants to have an encounter with a police officer when his red and blue lights are flashing. These are pretty colors ...
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Write it Down!
One of the first things we at SQ Attorneys have our clients do when they meet with us – do what the officer did – ...
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Miranda Back in the News
Throughout our criminal justice system it is well known that we all have the right to remain silent when confronted by law enforcement. In fact, ...
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