Seattle, WA
Litigation Lawyer at Seattle, WA
Practice Areas: Litigation
OUTCOME: Sentence Reduced at Post-Conviction Review
We represented M.B. at her post-conviction review hearings following conviction for DUI, her seventh offense. The trial court sentenced her to 730 days, but at a Review Hearing we were able to convinc ... e the Judge to reduce the sentence to 270 days, with credit for time served. 5 hours later, she walked out of jail.
OUTCOME: Case Dismissed on Pretrial Motion
Our client, C.E. was pulled over in King County by a Trooper for the Washington State Patrol. In the trooper's report, he cited the only reason for the stop was C.E.'s truck "crossing over the white f ... og line by about one-half the truck's width, for about 4 seconds." We challenged the reason for the stop based on Washington State case law that recognizes brief, momentary, and minor deviations from the lane lines will happen from time to time and, without more, such imperfect lane travel will not constitute a valid stop. At the pretrial motion hearing, a King County District Court Judge agreed with our reasoning and dismissed C.E.'s DUI outright.
OUTCOME: Case dismissed on the day of trial.
The state made several plea offers to J. M. leading up to trial, but all were turned down because the case appeared very weak. By forcing the state to go all the way to jury trial, we ended up getting ... the entire case dismissed just before jury selection.
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