Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol (DUI) – NOT GUILTY OF DUI AFTER TRIAL

The Park Ridge Police Department observed my client speeding and repeatedly leaving his lane of traffic. The officer observed a strong odor of alcohol on his breath, glassy/bloodshot eyes, swaying while standing and slurred speech. The officer suspected him of DUI so he asked my client to exit the vehicle. My client exited very slowly. The police officer had my client perform field sobriety tests. He failed the Walk and Turn Test and the One Leg Stand test. The police officer arrested him for DUI. My client had numerous prior DUI’s that I had beaten and this was going to be no exception! We went to trial. I made the officer admit that he had given improper instructions on the field sobriety tests. I got him to admit that giving the wrong instructions could give false results on the tests. The judge had no choice but to find my client NOT GUILTY of DUI.