For better or for worse, we live in an age where nearly everything is recorded. This is especially true with traffic stops, encounters with the police after traffic stops, and a driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs (DUI) investigation and arrest following a...
December brings the end of the year. This means you and I will be traveling to holiday parties from now through the new year. Sometimes the host serves alcohol at these parties. You and I often have to travel home after these parties. Sometimes, we may have a drink or...
I recently drove from Chicago to New Orleans, Louisiana. More than one-third of the drive was on Illinois Interstate Highway 57. Most of the interstate highways in Illinois are two lanes in each direction once you leave Cook County and the Chicago metropolitan area....
As noted in my recent blog post about the vehicle in motion, police officers receive extensive training in Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol or Drugs (DUI) detection and enforcement during police training. Additionally, police officers take refresher courses in...
There are two parts to almost every DUI case in Illinois. There is the criminal charge of Driving Under the Influence (DUI) and the civil Statutory Summary Suspension (SSS) of a driver’s license following a DUI arrest. The criminal charge of DUI in Illinois carries a...
Police officers are trained in DUI detection and enforcement during initial police training. Police officers are trained using standards and procedures put forth by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Police officers are taught about the...
Driving Under the Influence (DUI) cases in Illinois are different from most other traffic cases. In most cases, just being arrested for DUI leads to a Statutory Summary Suspension of a driver’s license. The Statutory Summary Suspension begins on the 46th day after the...
This blogpost is about the critical importance of fighting to overturn the Statutory Summary Suspension (SSS) of your driver’s license, as soon as possible after your arrest. There are two aspects to each Illinois Driving Under the Influence (DUI) case, the criminal...
It is important a DUI attorney is familiar with the training police officers receive in detection of Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol and Drugs (DUI) cases. Knowledge of the processes and procedures used by police in detecting DUI drivers, screening the driver...
You are driving home from a night out. You may have been drinking, using cannabis, or using illegal drugs. You forget to turn on your headlights, you fail to signal a turn or a lane change, you fail to come to a complete stop at a stop sign, your license plate is...