Category: DC DUI Attorney


DC DUI Lawyer #InCourt Today: After an all day trial. “Not guilty!” of Driving under the Influence (DUI).

  • K. Lawson Wellington,
  •   DC DUI Attorney, DUI
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In my closing arguments, I said what we had witnessed was not a DUI, but instead a “DID”: Damsel in Distress*.  Judge _____ agreed and ruled in client’s favor: “Not Guilty” of DUI allegations. Client was not driving her personal vehicle (she was not driving at all); though she was parked and behind the driver’s  … Read more

Washington, DC DUI Attorney #InCourt: DC DUI Charges (Refusal) Dismissed At Trial

  • K. Lawson Wellington,
  •   DC DUI Attorney
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‪#‎DUI‬ (*Refusal) charges dismissed… Client is pulled over on K Street, NW for making an ‘illegal’ left turn. A DUI investigation ensues and he is arrested on suspicion of DUI and OWI. At the station he refuses to submit to chemical breath testing and is charged with a DUI Refusal. At trial time the government offers  … Read more

DUI Question of the Day: I was sitting in my car vomiting when I was approached by the police and subsequently arrested for a DC DUI. Is That Legal?

  • K. Lawson Wellington,
  •   DC DUI Attorney
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Yes; unfortunately, though it would depend on where you were in the car. In DC you cannot be behind the wheels of a car if you had previously consumed alcohol. The DUI laws in the District of Columbia states a person is “impaired, or influenced, if his/her ability to operate or be inPHYSICAL control of a  … Read more

Washington, DC DUI Lawyer In Court: Police Body Cameras And The Standard Field Sobriety Tests (SFST’s)

  • K. Lawson Wellington,
  •   DC DUI Attorney
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#‎InCourt‬: DUI trial call except the government has – after two (2) requests and three months elapsed time – not provided me with the ‘body cam’ footage: captured at the arrest scene. It supposedly shows video footage of the interaction and subsequent performance of my client on the field sobriety tests: the Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus, Walk-and-Turn and  … Read more

DC DUI Lawyer In Court: DUI Charges Dismissed At Trial

  • K. Lawson Wellington,
  •   DC DUI Attorney, Washington
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#InCourt Today: #Hedge! This was a second trial date. At the first, I requested and was granted a continuance – government provided ‘radio run’ communication (discoverable material) on the morning of trial. Judge agrees that this was not sufficient time for counsel to investigate and properly prepare for defense and trial matters. Four (4) officers  … Read more

Top 5 Tips How to Perform the DC DUI Standard Field Sobriety Tests (SFST’s): DON’T!

1. Don’t! You are under immense pressure and the average citizen under those circumstances will ‘fail’ to perform to optimum ability. Nervousness will wreak havoc with your coordination. Moreover, all too often, the officer is going to invariably find some “clue of impairment” to satisfy his suspicions resulting in a DUI arrest. It is a  … Read more