Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol (DUI) – ALL CHARGES DISMISSED

A trooper from the Illinois State Police observed my client not being able to maintain her lane of traffic, traveling off the roadway and almost hitting a concrete median barrier on the highway. The Trooper pulled my client over. She had a strong odor of alcohol, slurred speech, glassy/bloodshot eyes. My client submitted to the field sobriety testing at the trooper’s request. My client failed the Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus (HGN) test and the Walk and Turn test. On the Walk and Turn test my client almost fell over and the trooper had to catch her. I had had previous cases with this trooper and knew that his report writing was an issue I could attack. I demanded trial over and over. Every court date that came, I made another demand for speedy trial. For some reason, the trooper did not want to come and deal with this case. The State of Illinois could not give the Defendant a trial within 160 days pursuant to my demand for speedy trial so all charges were dismissed! This would not have happened of we just tired to negotiate and plead guilty like a lot of Defendants do. My office fought for our client and we won.