In most DUI cases in Illinois, in addition to the DUI criminal charges, you will received a STATUTORY SUMMARY SUSPENSION. This is the automatic suspension of your driver’s license 46 days after your DUI arrest. If you have a CDL license, this will suspend your CDL and cause a 1 year disqualification. This suspension /…
Electronic Communication Device While Driving: Using a cell phone while driving is a violation of the Illinois Statute 625 ILCS 5/12-610.2. Can I use a cell phone when I am stopped in traffic? Yes. The law states a cell phone can be used if the following conditions are met. First, the vehicle is stopped…
An alcohol breathalyzer has been around for many years, and the result are generally considered accurate. But there has been no breathalyzer for marijuana. However, a marijuana breathalyzer has recently been developed. California drivers will be the first to be tested with marijuana breathalyzers. Drivers who took part in the field test and blew a…
DUI, or Driving Under the Influence, arrests in Lake County Illinois fell over a three-year period. From 2012 to 2014, DUI arrests dropped from 2,338 down to 2,227. Lake County had the third highest of DUI arrest rates during the three-year period, right behind DuPage and Cook Counties.
DuPage County Arrest Rates for Driving Under the Influence (DUI) Have Dropped The number of DUI arrests in DuPage County Illinois fell significantly from 2012 to 2014. In 2012 there were 3,724 DUI arrests, followed by 3,329 in 2013 and 2,912 in 2014. DuPage had the second highest DUI arrest rate in Illinois, falling between…
Cook County Driving Under the Influence (DUI) Arrests Down Data from the Secretary of State revealed that the number of DUI arrests in Cook County dropped over a three-year period. It lowered from 10,390 in 2012 to 10,264 in 2013 and then to 9,719 in 2014. How does Cook County rank among other counties? In…
Honest and Hardworking 5.0 stars Posted by Adam May 4, 2016 I got caught driving on a suspended DL for the second time coming home from work. I was facing a felony charge a year in prison and all the that come with that. Michael J Young discovered that my lawyer on my previous case…
3rd DUI with a B.A.C. of .16: Dismissed: My client was arrested for her 3rd DUI. This was her third arrest for DUI. She was stopped by the police for having an expired license plate and crossing the center line on North Avenue (Route 38). She performed all of the field sobriety tests asked of…
My client who has a CDL license was recently found Not Guilty of his second DUI, (the Statutory Summary Suspension) was also rescinded. The police officer was following my client and saw that my client was straddling both lanes of traffic (headed in the same direction) and would go from lane to lane, but not…
Yesterday I had a Statutory Summary Suspension rescinded, (thrown out) based upon the Illinois State Trooper not having probable cause to believe that my client was driving under the influence of alcohol. At the hearing, the only witness I called was the Illinois State Trooper. The police officer is the only person you want to…