On many holidays, such as Halloween, New Year’s Eve, St. Patrick’s Day, Fourth of July, etc. people will drink alcohol. 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 more…
How to Bring your Case to Court Sooner: Once you have received a court date, whether it is your first court date or a continued date and you would like to have the case back before the judge sooner so you can close the case or get permission to leave the State of Illinois, or…
When you receive a DUI in Illinois you will also receive a Statutory Summary Suspension, which is the automatic suspension of your Illinois driver’s license after 46 days. This suspension should be challenged for several reasons. First, you can save your driver’s license and second, the testimony you obtain at the hearing will benefit you…
Police in-car video systems have been around for about 7 years. However, most police car do not have the ability to record video- – it varies from police department to police department. Further, within a police department some cars have it and some do not. Under Illinois law all Illinois State Police cars have to…
I was in DuPage County, Illinois this last Friday in Courtroom 4015, representing my client on a hearing on a Motion to Quash. I started the hearing by calling the Lombard Police Officer. During my initial questioning of the police officer I asked him what training he received for DUI detection and Field Sobriety Training.…
How many times you and your attorney have to go to court for a DUI varies based upon the facts of the case. A DUI can be resolved in as little as one court appearance but typically it takes between 2 or more court appearances to resolve a DUI case. If you are pleading “not…
I spoke to a person today who asked how many hearings it would take to get her license back. She said she had 8 formal hearings before the Illinois Secretary of State and was denied each time. Answer: It should take 1 hearing to get driving again. Provided that you have a good attorney who…
Here are the actual instructions on how to give the Walk-and-Turn Test. These instructions are from the police officer’s student manual. Read them and tell me if he followed the instructions – – I bet he did not. If we can show the judge that he did not follow the instructions, the test is not…
If you are arrested for driving under the influence (DUI) the police will search your vehicle and then have the vehicle towed. The police are allowed to search your vehicle because it is known as a “search incident to arrest.” This means that they can search the interior as well as the trunk. The police…
The officer who arrested you received “DUI Detection and Standardized Field Sobriety” training at the Illinois State Police Academy. As an experienced DUI attorney, I have the Student Manual that was used to train the officer. At court, I use the manual to prove to the judge that the police officer did not perform the…