According to Target Zero, a campaign against DUIs, Washington Court data shows 40,205 DUI charges were filed in 2008. There were also 17,804 DUI guilty convictions, 19,562 charges reduced, and 9,512 deferred prosecutions granted. Only 185 cases resulted in acquittals. The acquittal numbers seem rather low and considering this office accounted for more than half a dozen acquittals at trial, rather surprising.
What is also surprising is the number of deferred prosecutions. According to this date nearly 1 in four DUI charges resulted in a deferred prosecution. While I am aware of the value of the deferred prosecution and believe it is a good program, this number (1 in 4) seems very high. Our office has numbers that are considerably less than 1 in 10 for deferred prosecutions and I suspect most DUI attorneys have similar numbers. Puzzling number.
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