DUI judges cross the line; Suspects can't be forced into pretrial treatment, court says

This week, the State Court of Appeals ruled that Judges can't order people facing drunken-driving charges to undergo alcohol-use evaluations, get treatment or start going to Alcoholics Anonymous meetings in order to stay out of jail.

This article originally published March 14, 2007 by TRACY JOHNSON P-I REPORTER at SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER .

Judges can't order people facing drunken-driving charges to undergo alcohol-use evaluations, get treatment or start going to Alcoholics Anonymous meetings in order to stay out of jail, the state Court of Appeals ruled this week.

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DUI judges cross the line; Suspects can't be forced into pretrial treatment, court says

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