April 2022 Bar Bulletin
Seattle (February 22, 2022) — Seattle Municipal Court (SMC) judges have ruled that the court will suppress all blood toxicology results for amphetamine and methamphetamine if the tests were conducted by the Washington State Toxicology Lab (“Tox Lab”) in its Main Lab or the Annex between March 2018 and October 2021. This ruling does not affect tests for alcohol or any other drug.1
Having determined this to be an issue of citywide significance pursuant to SMC Local Rule 8.2.4,2 the court held an en banc hearing on behalf of three cases: City of Seattle v. Christopher Markham, City...