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…
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…
My clients often ask if their auto insurance provider will find out that they are charged with Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol. The short answer is No, however in some cases the answer is Yes. First, your auto insurance company will not be aware that you were arrested for DUI, (unless you tell them…
Once you have been charged with Driving Under the Influence (DUI) your driver’s license will be suspended for a period of 6 months to 3 years. The suspension starts approximately 46 days after the day of your arrest. What determines the length of suspension is whether this is your first or second DUI and whether…
One of the ways to get a DUI case dismissed before my client has to testify is to ask the court for a directed verdict, also known as a directed finding. At trial, the prosecutor has the burden of presenting the state’s evidence first. Once the state’s witnesses testify (usually only the arresting police officer),…
My client was charged with leaving the scene of an accident and DUI. I had all of the charges dismissed on October 31, 2013, based upon my motion to rescind the Statutory Summary Suspension. Here are the facts of the case based upon the police reports: My Client struck a large trash container in the…
On November 1, 2013, I represented a client on a charge of DUI in DuPage County, (Room 4015). The case was set for trial. The case involved a DUI that occurred in the City of Lombard. I was able to have the case dismissed just minutes before the trial was to start. Here are the…
Last Thursday, I appeared in DuPage County for my client who was charged with Retail Theft. He was accused of taking protein powder without paying for the item. What really happened is that my client paid $50.00, (the price with tax was $49.95) and left without a receipt. The store clerk pocketed the money. The…
In Illinois, if you are stopped by the police and they request your name, address, or date of birth, you are required to give that information to the officer. This is true whether you are being arrested, briefly detained (for example, a traffic stop) or questioned as a witness. If you give the officer a false…
I just completed a trial in DeKalb County (Sycamore, Illinois), where my client was stopped by an Illinois State Police Trooper at 1:47a.m. for driving 87mph in a 65mph zone and driving with one headlight. The Illinois State Police trooper testified that my client had a very strong smell of alcohol, very red and blood…