Back to Basics Requirements for a VALID stop Reasonable Suspicion vs. Probable Cause Insufficient for Reasonable Suspicion Legal standard to determine Reasonable Suspicion Legal Scope for a Traffic Stop When is a Passenger of a ve...
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Sheri’s Sidebar 9/23/2025 Edition #41 1. Relate/Relation Back Doctrine Limit 2. Third Strike/POAA – Charges with Weapons Enhancements 3. Android & iPhone New Security Function – Client’s phones 4. Fede...
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Sheri’s Sidebar 7/31/2025 Edition #40 1) Law enforcement websites which require a warrant in WA. 2) Free editing software for audio & video trial/hearing prep 3) Check the date of commission of offense related to predic...
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Sheri’s Sidebar 6/3/2025 Edition #39 1. Restitution is a direct consequence of a plea. 2. Net Nanny Cases – Entrapment issue case law. 3. Are special allegation tags (SM, DV, Predatory) mandatory charges? 4. Citation c...
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1. Be aware of state manipulation and tricks. 2. Two arguments supported by authority that the State cannot refile Possession with Intent/Manufacture/Deliver after a Blake vacate for PCS/POCS/VUCSA
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Sheri’s Sidebar Edition #37 2/21/2025 1) Contradictory Juvenile Statutes on whether serious violent offenses for respondents/defendants who are ages 16 &17 years old have Auto Adult Jurisdiction and filing originally in...
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Sheri’s Sidebar Edition #36 1/15/2025 1) Important change in Padilla consequences you must investigate and advise the client regarding. 2) Studies show hand sanitizer on an officer’s hands, even through gloves, causes ...
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It has come to my attention that client file retention varies widely across the state because there is no set, unambiguous rule. Here is the WSBA recommendation.
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Lawyer_PBT_False_Positives The above link is a defense attorney demonstrating how Police Officers using hand sanitizer prior to performing a PBT test, only touching the outside of the device (the attorney already had the straw in ...
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Sheri’s Sidebar Edition #35 11/8/2024 1. Do you know the difference between a No Contact Order and a Protection Order? 2. Are you aware which chapter and statute the State is using when it argues a definition or a tag applie...
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