Recently there’s been some chatter on the list-serve about hypothetical clients (HC) who are arrested for DUI and are either personally armed or have a firearm somewhere in the vehicle. The firearm ultimately gets seized and several different questions have arisen. First, let’s deal w

In State v. Hendrickson, 140 Wash.App. 913 (Div. II, 2007), the Division II Court of Appeals seems to disregard our own Supreme Court’s rule of law that mere ownership of a vehicle – coupled with presence at the scene – is insufficient to establish corpus delicti. This was established