In most DUI cases in Illinois, in addition to the DUI criminal charges, you will received a STATUTORY SUMMARY SUSPENSION. This is the automatic suspension of your driver’s license 46 days after your DUI arrest. If you have a CDL license, this will suspend your CDL and cause a 1 year disqualification. This suspension /…
If you are stopped by the police and asked to perform Field Sobriety Tests, one of the test will likely be the Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus Test. This test is to check for movement of your eye. It is based upon research that shows that if you consume alcohol your eye will jerk back and forth…
First Court Date: On the first court date in a DUI or criminal case several events happen. First, your attorney will file an Appearance. You may have an arraignment. Further your attorney will enter a plea of not guilty and request discovery. Lastly, the case will be continued for further proceedings. What is an…
Forest Preserve DUI Dismissed Before Trial: The Forest Preserve Police charged my client with a DUI. My client was riding his motorcycle on a roadway leading out of a Forest Preserve. He lost control and fell off his motorcycle and then fell into a ditch. The police officer was there within minutes and testified that…
Is there a video of your DUI arrest? The answer is most likely “yes”. More and more police departments are using dash and body cameras to record police interactions. However, 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…
I just won a DUI case at the Bridgeview courthouse and my client did not have to testify. Here are the facts: my client was stopped at 1:15 a.m. in LaGrange, Illinois for speeding 40mph in a 25mph zone. My client admitted to drinking alcohol and, according to the police officer, failed all of the…
During a traffic stop a police officer may tell you that he has to have you perform the Field Sobriety Tests, (walk and turn, one leg stand, etc) because it is his department’s police and that it is routine and you can be on your way in a few minutes. During the tests, the officer…
A Driving Under the Influence (DUI) case has two separate parts: the initial suspension of your license, (1 year suspension if you did NOT submit to a breath test and 6 months if you did and provided a breath sample (BAC) over 0.08), and the criminal charges. The Statutory Summary Suspension is from the Illinois…
DUI Motions: When I represent a client on a DUI charge I usually file certain motions to challenge the police officer’s reason for stopping the client. As well as motion to challenge the police officer’s belief that the client was intoxicated. These motions are called a Motion to Quash the Arrest and Supress the Evidence.…
In almost every case I handle, I file a Motion to Quash the Arrest. This motion asks the Judge to throw the case out. Because the arresting police officer did not have enough evidence to place my client under arrest. I do not file this motion with the intention of having the case dismissed. I…