Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol (DUI) – LICENSE SUSPENSION REMOVED

The Illinois State Police Department observed my client speeding on the highway. The trooper got behind my client and paced him going 100 MPH while weaving in and out of his lane of traffic. When my client finally pulled his vehicle over to the side of the highway, the trooper notice a very strong odor of an alcoholic beverage from my clients mouth and red/bloodshot and glassy eyes. and drifting over traffic lanes. The officer indicated that my client had slurred speech, bloodshot/glassy eyes, poor balance and an odor of alcoholic beverage on his breath. The trooper had my client do field sobriety testing which included an HGN test, One Leg Stand test, Walk and Turn test and a portable breath test. The trooper indicated that my client failed all physical tests and was purposely trying to defeat the portable breath test by not blowing properly. The trooper arrested my client for DUI. When my client was taken to the State Police Headquarters he refused the breath test and therefore his license was going to be suspended for a period of one (1) year. I filed the paperwork to prevent the suspension from taking place immediately after he hired me. In Illinois, the prosecutor has thirty (30) days to have a hearing otherwise they lose automatically. I answered ready for a hearing and they could not provide my client a hearing withing the required time so I won the hearing based upon that. The judge signed an order removing the suspension of my client’s driver’s license!