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February 18th, 2008 Filed Under Legal News, Seattle Criminal Defense
The head of the state labs that test crime evidence is stepping down, a move that prosecutors and defense lawyers say could help bring back lost confidence in the way drunken-driving cases are handled around the state.
Barry Logan’s resignation, effective March 14, comes after a series of problems at the Washington State Patrol toxicology lab have cast doubts on breath tests for suspected drunken drivers…
“Too many things went wrong on his watch,” said defense attorney Francisco Duarte, who specializes in DUI cases. “I believe he wanted to run a laboratory that was based on integrity — and ultimately, he failed to do so.”
DUI attorney Ted Vosk, who has worked to uncover problems at the lab and has persuaded judges to throw out many breath-test results, said he believed Logan’s departure was appropriate.
“His stepping down now seems to represent, at least in my mind, that we were right,” Vosk said.
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