Drunk Driving DUI Law

The Washington State Court System recently posted its 2008 Annual Report summarizing DUI charges filed in the district and municipal courts this past year.  In sum, just over 40,000 (40, 205 to be exact) DUI charges were filed in Washington State this past year.  This represents a decrease in over 5% of total number of [...]

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Randolph is suspended for two games: Zach Randolph, a forward for the Los Angeles Clippers, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol Monday morning by the California Highway Patrol. Several hours later, the Clippers suspended Randolph, 27, for two games for what officials called “conduct detrimental to the team.” There are [...]

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The Washington State Supreme Court said Thursday that the only survivor of a car crash that killed six people in 2001 should not have been convicted as an accomplice to drunken driving. Teresa Hedlund, who was seriously injured in the one-car wreck on July 21, 2001, near the SuperMall in Auburn, was convicted in 2003. [...]

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OLYMPIA, Wash. — State Patrol troopers on Super Bowl patrol arrested 125 drivers suspected of drunken driving Sunday night and Monday morning. That compares with 75 during the same period the previous week. In 2006 when the Seattle Seahawks competed in the Super Bowl, the patrol says there were 128 DUI arrests. source

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A habitual drunk driver received a two-year prison sentence Wednesday in Chelan County’s first-ever driving under the influence case prosecuted as a felony. Driving under the influence is normally a misdemeanor handled in District Court, but in 2006 the state Legislature changed the law to make a person’s fifth DUI within 10 years count as [...]

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A man got his 10th Washington DUI and FINALLY got put away for seven years. The man’s reign of terror on Washington State roadways has come to an end for the next seven years. Any person with five DUIs in ten years will be charged under the felony DUI law in Washington State. He has [...]

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The Fife Police Department and 10 other law enforcement agencies arrested 11 motorists Sat., Nov. 1 for DUI during a special patrol in the Fife area. Twelve others were arrested for other alcohol and drug violations, and checks of bars, taverns and restaurants by the Washington State Liquor Control Board resulted in six citations for [...]

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A man is being held in the Skagit County Jail in Mount Vernon, Wash., in lieu of $150,000 bail after being arrested for the 14th time for suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol. Superior Court documents say 46-year-old Aaron Bridge of Mount Vernon was arrested in Sedro-Woolley when a sheriff’s deputy smelled alcohol [...]

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Extra law enforcement patrols looking for drunken drivers during the latest Drive Hammered Get Nailed campaign snared 70 suspects in Whatcom County. Statewide, 1,797 drivers were cited for driving under the influence during the campaign, which lasted from Aug. 15 to Sept. 1. Of the 70 drivers cited, Washington State Patrol cited the most in [...]

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Washington drunk driving cases are most commonly referred to as DUI or driving under the influence and sometimes DWI – Driving While Intoxicated. Washington does have a “per se” law, meaning that you may be convicted of a DUI in Washington if you drive with an alcohol level of .08 or greater. If someone is [...]

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