In Olympia, a Judge in Thurston County District Court held a man on bail pending trial for two charges of DUI. Both charges are alleged to have occurred on July 15. David Proffitt was arrested on suspicion of DUI in the Lucky Eagle Casino parking lot Wednesday. After citing him, officer released him to a taxi. Officers told him to leave his car in the lot and not to drive again that evening. Later that evening, he was again pulled over driving the same car near the Lucky Casino.
Mandatory minimums increase upon each DUI, even if they both occur within the same day. Entry of a deferred prosecution is available on only one DUI charge in a person's lifetime. However, if someone gets two DUIs within a 7 day period, he or she can wrap both of them into the same deferred prosecution provided that person has never entered a deferred prosecution before.
