What is Discovery? Discovery is the evidence in a DUI or criminal case. It includes materials such as police reports, pictures of physical evidence, and sometimes video. How do you get Discovery? The prosecutor (state’s attorney) gives Discovery to your defense attorney. However, there is an Illinois Supreme Court rule that specifically states that attorneys…
Marijuana Breathalyzer: An alcohol breathalyzer has been around for many years, and the result are generally considered accurate. But there has been no breathalyzer for marijuana. However, a marijuana breathalyzer has recently been developed, and California drivers will be the first to be tested with marijuana breathalyzers. Drivers who took part in the field test…
DUI, or Driving Under the Influence, arrests in Lake County Illinois fell over a three-year period. From 2012 to 2014, DUI arrests dropped from 2,338 down to 2,227. Lake County had the third highest of DUI arrest rates during the three-year period, right behind DuPage and Cook Counties.
Cook County Driving Under the Influence (DUI) Arrests Down Data from the Secretary of State revealed that the number of DUI arrests in Cook County dropped over a three-year period. It lowered from 10,390 in 2012 to 10,264 in 2013 and then to 9,719 in 2014. How does Cook County rank among other counties? In…
Honest and Hardworking 5.0 stars Posted by Adam May 4, 2016 I got caught driving on a suspended DL for the second time coming home from work. I was facing a felony charge a year in prison and all the that come with that. Michael J Young discovered that my lawyer on my previous case…
3rd DUI with a B.A.C. of .16: Dismissed: My client was arrested for her 3rd DUI. This was her third arrest for DUI. She was stopped by the police for having an expired license plate and crossing the center line on North Avenue (Route 38). She performed all of the field sobriety tests asked of…
Battery Case: I just finished a case where my client was charged with two counts of battery and one count of trespass to land. The State, McHenry County called five witnesses to testify against my client. Two of the witnesses were independent individuals that did not know any of the parties, (they were in a…
With the new Illinois Speeding Law which makes speeding over 25mph a Class B Misdemeanor and speeding over 40mph a Class A Misdemeanor, each case I work on has to be fought to either have the case reduced to a petty offense, (meaning less then 25mph, (turning the speeding charge into a regular speeding ticket)).…
If your arrested for DUI there may or may not be a video of the police officer stopping your vehicle and you performing the field sobriety tests. Each police department has its own video recording rules. Some police departments do not have in-car video and other’s do. By law, all Illinois State Police have in-car…
On many holidays, such as Halloween, New Year’s Eve, St. Patrick’s Day, Fourth of July, etc. people will drink alcohol and the police will make arrests for driving under the influence. When the police make more arrests the courts must manage more cases and it might be an opportunity to take advantage of the court’s…