Washington State Criminal Defense

Recent Posts from Washington State Criminal Defense

• Blog Star Bennett Makes a Live Appearance on Reasonable Doubt

  Reading Mr. Bennett’s blog, Defending People.

• Test for This

• Local Hero Rick Steves is Profiled

  Katherin Ganter profiles Rick Steves in the Kirkland Obsrever. You can read the full article here. The PBS travel writer has gone out of his way to squash the convention that one person can’t make a…

• Expect Delays on IID

  Seattle DUI lawyer Kotlowski wrote an article today regarding the new IID laws. Sounds like there is a pile-up at the DOL. 

• The New Ignition Interlock Device (IID) Law

  From DOL: To be eligible for this license: • your drive record must show that: • you have been arrested for, or convicted of, an alcohol-related DUI or physical control. • your driver license was…

• RIAA Takes a Break From the Joys of Suing Women and Children

  Not exactly a criminal defense matter. These cases were dealt with on the “civil” end of the law. Still, the RIAA made innocent people feel like criminals. ”…it created a public-relations disaster for the industry, whose…

• Charges possible in WSP fake diploma case

  THURSTON COUNTY, Wash. — Prosecutors will now decide whether to charge nine state troopers with theft for allegedly using fake diplomas to get pay raises.  Prosecutors said word of mouth is how information about obtaining…

• Gitmo Pleas(e)

  Full Article by Rick Anderson in the Seattle Weekly, here.  It was the wise trial work of Seattle attorneys Harry Schneider and Joe McMillan that got Osama bin Laden’s former driver, Salim Ahmed Hamdan, released from Guantanamo Bay a few weeks…

• Stunning

  You can read Reason blogs coverage here. 

• Just Cause

  A great website that provides a primer on some important topics: what to say if you’re pulled over while driving how to read a search warrant or a subpoena  what you should know about undercover cops how…