Tacoma DUI defense attorney

Overview of a DUI charge in Washington State

Below is a timeline of a DUI offense, from start to finish, outlining the stages and issues that may arise:

• The initial stop and arrest
• Will the officer book you in jail?
• Should you request a Department of Licensing (DOL) hearing?
• Chemical Dependency Assessment and Treatment
• Arraignment hearing
• Investigation and defenses to a DUI charge
• Pre-Trial hearings
• Motions hearing
• Trial
• Sentencing hearing

Other issues:

• Ignition Interlock Device and driver’s license suspension
• Vacating conviction (if the DUI is reduced)
• Deferred Prosecution
• Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) with a DUI arrest
• Traveling to Canada with a DUI conviction

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