Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol (DUI) – NOT GUILTY OF ALL CHARGES

The Illinois State Police Department observed my client speeding on the highway near downtown Chicago. He pulled my client over and detected a strong odor of alcohol and slurred speech.  The trooper had him perform field sobriety tests including the Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus (HGN) test, Walk and Turn test, One Leg Stand and the portable breath test (PBT.) The trooper said he failed all the tests and blew a .129% on the PBT. The trooper then arrested my client for DUI. We had previously won the license suspension on 1/4/13 and we set this one for trial. On the trial date, the prosecutor asked me if we wanted an offer to plead guilty. I told him that we would not take any offer and that we were ready for trial. During my cross-examination, I made the officer look like a liar time after time. I showed that his testimony during my cross-examination was different that what was on the video that was captured of my client on the trooper’s in-vehicle recording system. In court he testified that he “paced” my client in order to obtain his speed. In the video, he told my client that he determined the speed by his “radar.” Lie after lie was coming from this trooper. The judge did not believe him at all. I asked the judge for a “directed finding” which was granted on the DUI and speeding! NOT GUILTY OF ALL CHARGES!