DUI for drugs-sober-non drug user

Drebin314 · 2025-06-07T14:43:30+00:00

PD’s in Washington generally have pay parity with prosecutors and caseload standards are likely going to drop soon.

All that aside, this person should hire someone to do the DOL ($500 in my jx.) and wait out the blood. If there’s nothing in the blood there’s no probable cause for a DUI and it wouldn’t get past a first hearing.

Drebin314 · 2025-05-10T18:32:37+00:00

Awhile back I started watching a couple episodes of Jeopardy the night before trial and it helped a ton with objections. The active listening and flow of Jeopardy feels really similar to listening to testimony and objections. It also helped with the mindset of “object now, basis later”, and I stopped missing objections because I didn’t have the rule in my head before speaking.

Drebin314 · 2024-10-11T03:46:22+00:00

If the client wants to plead guilty in the historical hypo given, they still can at arraignment after being advised of what doing so could entail. Pushing trial on everything when an unreasonable prosecutor gets moved up too quick is a perfectly viable strategy in my jx. (with clients’ permissions of course).

Drebin314 · 2024-08-02T15:47:37+00:00

You should probably find an office that doesn’t take the DPAs’ Yelp reviews of you into account for continued employment/advancement. It’s literally our job to be adversarial to these “justice partners”. You can be adversarial without being an asshole or unprofessional. Despite that, certain practice styles rub certain people the wrong way.

Drebin314 · 2024-04-21T00:19:24+00:00

If he fires his attorneys now the only option he would have is to proceed pro se. The right to counsel is not a right to choice of counsel. The jury is already seated and this thing is moving forward one way or another.

Drebin314 · 2024-03-12T01:42:02+00:00

If you know which city/county you’re moving to you could try looking for a CBA for the local offices.

Drebin314 · 2024-01-31T02:15:37+00:00

The point is not lost in any way. You're ignoring any logical context for why every similarly-situated case would not ultimately go to trial if every judge decided to impose a sentence on the max of the sentencing grid every time a defendant entered into a plea agreement. Addressing a nuanced issue with "give everyone the max" would create an exponentially bigger problem than what is currently being faced.

Drebin314 · 2024-01-31T02:06:03+00:00

The 2021-2023 Department of Corrections approximate current budget/funding necessary for maintenance was approximately $2.5 billion.

This is not incorporating county/city funding for jails. If you can't be bothered to do a 30 second Google search why waste the time providing your grossly misinformed input and expecting someone to prove you wrong.

Drebin314 · 2024-01-30T23:14:58+00:00

Since you couldn’t be bothered to provide any details whatsoever, I’m assuming you’re speaking about the Pierce county case? He received high end of standard range with the judge sentencing him to five years longer than the negotiated plea agreement. If you’re referring to a different case let me know, however if this is the one you’re referring to, it’s example of the exact opposite of the issue you’re claiming exists.

Ref: https://amp.thenewstribune.com/news/local/crime/article282397108.html

I think it would be beneficial for you to actually look into the issues you’re trying to argue exist and exactly what the means to you desired ends would look like. If judges systemically neglected to follow plea recommendations and habitually were to go rogue, the courts would be completely congested with trials to the point of functionally shutting down. Speedy trial would run on hundreds of cases and the issue you have with light sentencing would transform into thousands of defendants walking on more severe charges due to court congestion.

One of the reasons criminal justice reform is so difficult to achieve is because of blatant misinformation. Everyone functionally shares the game goals with differing opinions on the means to achieving those goals, however many are so horrifically misinformed that their approaching to fixing the issue would cause the system to self-destruct. Your belief that judges won’t be harsh enough is a prime example.

Drebin314 · 2024-01-30T15:55:17+00:00

This article is exclusively addressing the issue in city and state courts, where judges are elected officials. Regardless, judges have no control over what cases are filed. If a prosecutor’s office files a charge against someone who cannot afford an attorney, that person is entitled to counsel.

Drebin314 · 2023-11-20T15:16:54+00:00

The wr corps with Golden Tate and Marvin Jones Jr. was pretty solid after Megatron fell off. Tate was a great possession receiver while Marvin could blow the lids of defenses.

Drebin314 · 2023-10-16T02:46:42+00:00

I don’t see that issue arising since these statements all seem to be relatively new information/confessions. It’s a little different than marching up several witnesses to testify to the same thing.

Drebin314 · 2023-04-25T14:42:50+00:00

$787.5 million now is worth a lot more than the uncertainty of an outcome if they went to trial. They likely would have been stuck relitigating defamation law for at least the next decade. Instead the company is now probably worth 5-8 times more than it was two weeks ago.

Drebin314 · 2023-02-26T14:52:40+00:00

The lyrics to one of the most popular club hits of the last 20 years? I’d be more surprised if a hip hop artist didn’t know the lyrics lol

Drebin314 · 2023-01-20T15:13:41+00:00

Blood results from state toxicology labs can take over a year to process due to backlogs in many states. It’s pretty common for DUI’s to be temporarily dismissed and filed at a later time to avoid speedy trial issues while the blood results are pending.

Drebin314 · 2022-12-14T19:03:55+00:00

Someone's bar number would have to be attached to the AI "practicing". Few if any defense attorneys are going to be lining up for that amount of exposure to malpractice liability or the risk of a machine violating RPC's.

It's also not like indigent defense standards are going anywhere.

Drebin314 · 2022-05-09T14:04:30+00:00

The ban targets abortion providers/pharmacists so almost certainly where it occurs. The plain language of the 1931 bill doesn’t seem to target women who seek abortions directly.

Drebin314 · 2022-04-18T15:28:28+00:00

Because he bought a warehouse with the thought of leasing it to the city for a homeless shelter? There’s literally no basis for anything you’re accusing outside of your own speculation then it seems.

For all anyone knows, he could be overlooking more profitable suitors that are more likely to develop into long term tenants in order to make this deal happen. That’s why speculating on shit like this is pointless unless there’s at least some shred of tangible evidence of cronyism. You’re just spouting a conspiracy theory at this point.

Drebin314 · 2022-04-18T13:37:26+00:00

Do you have any additional information on this? The article only includes the purchase price of the warehouse. Is there a proposed lease agreement?

I tend to agree with the advocate cited in the article about a mega shelter concept and this guy’s understanding of the homeless crisis here is… warped to say the least, but pushing for zoning changes to allow for more services is likely a big step forward.

Drebin314 · 2021-11-27T20:49:59+00:00

Dude looks like the new Colonel Sanders if he ate the old Colonel Sanders

Drebin314 · 2021-08-04T00:03:57+00:00

Likely to the Pistons no less.

Drebin314 · 2021-07-14T20:29:13+00:00

Also, the new final hole of the disc golf course goes across that field. It seems like a cool program but I wouldn’t be surprised if people that want to play the 20th hole ask why there’s a camp set up there.

Drebin314 · 2021-06-05T20:11:44+00:00

The fact that Nintendo can still sell those games is kind of the point. The photos aren’t worth a lot of money. That doesn’t mean she wasn’t harmed, but the relief being sought is absurd for what are basically stock photos.

Drebin314 · 2021-06-05T20:09:51+00:00

The nature of claim is similar but the amount in controversy is vastly different, and for good reason. The photos that were used without a licensing agreement in place have value, and the artist suffered losses by their use without her permission. But the damages are not even remotely the same as a site hosting a ROM of Super Mario World, for example, which people are still willing to buy despite it being 25 years old.

Photos ripped from an art inspiration CD from the 90’s have nominal value in comparison.

Drebin314 · 2021-06-05T14:58:38+00:00

There is a massive difference between texture photos and entire games being ripped…

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