Carolyn Dimmick Final PDF.indd - Washington Secretary of State

Hughes: What kind of
cases did you hear in
District Court?
Dimmick: Mostly traffic.
A lot of small claims; a lot
of small civil cases; a lot of
drunk driving cases; a lot
of traffic cases because I
had State Patrol and the
Sheriff’s Office, plus the
municipalities, the police
forces; they were all out
arresting people. So it was
heavy on that.
Hughes: Did you form any
opinions about drivingwhile-intoxicated
cases?
Dimmick: Yes – you don’t
want to do it! And you
know in the Prosecutor’s
Office we used to all
go out and have drinks
afterwards, and somebody
would say, “Are you going
to drive home?” And
someone would say, “Well,
The Seattle Times spotlights Carolyn Dimmick’s appointment to the
King County District Court in 1965.
I’m too drunk to walk!” That kind of thing. It was kind of a joke. … It was just kind of not
the stigma that it certainly developed into.
Hughes: But on the bench, when you saw the toll it took ….
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