The Standardized Field Sobriety Test (SFST) was developed in the 1970s to assess the impairment of drivers through the administration of three tests. These tests are the Walk and Turn (WAT), the One Legged Stand (OLS), and the Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus (HGN). Though...
When you are charged with a DUI in Chicago, IL, you may be subject to a $2,000 fine, plus towing and storage for seizure and vehicle impoundment. However, Chicago has recently been impounding the vehicles of people who have not been charged with Driving Under the...
Under Illinois law, motorists being placed under arrest for Driving Under the Influence must be read their rights from a form called “Warning to Motorist.” Basically, this form states that if a subject refuses or fails to complete any chemical tests the officer...
DUI Dismissed on December 30, 2016. The State of Illinois recently dismissed a DUI (625 ILCS 5/11-501) against my client. My client’s case was not dismissed based on a legal technicality, but based on his perseverance and our desire to seek justice. When a person is...
A colleague of mine was at a local bar when he realized that he had forgotten his Illinois Driver’s License. The bartender refused to serve him alcohol and asked him and his friends to leave the bar. In Chicago, there is a lot of pressure on bartenders and bar owners...
If you are charged with a DUI in Chicago, IL, you may be charged $2,000 plus towing and storage for a vehicle seizure and impoundment; a six (6) month, one (1) year, or three (3) year statutory summary suspension of your Illinois Driver’s License; and criminal...
The number of DUI fatalities has decreased by fifty percent since the 1980s. Further, the there are only about four (4) DUI arrests for every 10,000 Illinois drivers. Illinois ranks 48th out of all 50 states. Still, thousands of Chicagoans are charged with DUI each...
It is illegal for a person under the age of 21 to transfer, possess or consume alcoholic liquor in the state of Illinois with a few exceptions. New laws effective January 1, 2016 are designed to create immunity for teenagers, college students and young adults who are...
The new 2016 DUI laws are taking effect. One of the most important changes to the law is the removal of the 6-208.1(g).: (g) (Blank). Following a statutory summary suspension of driving privileges pursuant to Section 11-501.1 where the person was not a first offender,...
MCC Vehicle Impoundment Violations If you are the owner of a vehicle you may suffer a vehicle impoundment in the City of Chicago for a variety of different reasons, including, but not limited to operating your vehicle with drugs in the car, driving while intoxicated...