Posted Wednesday, August 30, 2017 by Andrew Charles Huff
A great outcome for a client who wanted to have a reduced plea removed from his record after originally being charged with Driving Under the Influence. After being charged with a DUI, we were able to have it reduced to a Reckless Driving. My client met… read more
Posted Friday, August 18, 2017 by Andrew Charles Huff
Part of my job as a defense attorney is to protect my client’s driver’s license and avoid any sort of suspension the Department of Licensing seeks to impose after a DUI arrest or conviction. There are different ways a license can be suspended : They are… read more
Posted Friday, August 18, 2017 by Andrew Charles Huff
A state labor board has agreed to hear an unfair-labor-practice complaint brought by the Seattle police officers’ union challenging Mayor Ed Murray’s executive order directing the Police Department to equip patrol officers with body cameras. The complaint… read more
Posted Friday, August 11, 2017 by Andrew Charles Huff
There are two usual ways to challenge the results of a criminal proceeding: They are appealing to a higher court or initiating a motion for post-conviction relief by the trial court. An appellate court will only review questions of law. This means you can… read more
Posted Friday, August 11, 2017 by Andrew Charles Huff
Can a court order a person on probation for a DUI submit to a urinalysis tests without violating their privacy interests under our state constitution? This was the question recently facing our State Supreme Court in State v. Olsen. In this case, the trial… read more
Posted Friday, July 21, 2017 by Andrew Charles Huff
If you are arrested for Driving Under the Influence, your license is not revoked right away and you may continue to drive as long as it was valid prior to your arrest. At the current time, you must request a hearing with the Department of Licensing within… read more
Posted Thursday, July 20, 2017 by Andrew Charles Huff
Can a police officer stop and question a person who walks out of a house known for drug activity, walks quickly to a car while looking around? That was the basis for a Richland Police Officer to stop and eventually arrest a man suspected of purchasing… read more
Posted Thursday, July 20, 2017 by Andrew Charles Huff
A recent appellate court decision just held that an officer’s affidavit seeking a blood draw in a DUI case was insufficient to show probable cause and therefore suppressed the results. The basis? The Court found the affidavit failed to establish the… read more
Posted Thursday, July 20, 2017 by Andrew Charles Huff
A new report released this week found deaths caused by driving while under the influence of drugs surpassed those deaths caused by driving while under the influence of alcohol in 2015. The report entitled “Drug-Impaired Driving” found that positive drug… read more
Posted Tuesday, July 18, 2017 by Andrew Charles Huff
The Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus or HGN Test is a nationally-recognized test used by police on those suspected of Driving Under the Influence (DUI). Officers examine a person’s eyes for any evidence of “Nystagmus,” or a slight jerking of the eyeballs… read more
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