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

The River Grove Police Department observed my client speeding 52 MPH in a 30 MPH zone. After the police officer pulled my client over, he observed that my client had mumbled speech, strong odor of alcohol on his breath and bloodshot eyes. My client was also fumbling with his paperwork when trying to find his insurance. My client admitted to the police officer that he drank five (5) beers over the last 3 hours. The officer suspected my client was under the influence of alcohol so he made the Defendant perform field sobriety tests. My client failed the Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus (HGN) test, One Leg Stand test and the Walk and Turn test. The officer arrested my client for DUI. All of these tests were recorded on the officer’s squad car camera. On the video, you can clearly see my client almost falling down on the Walk and Turn test! This was my clients 2nd DUI so we had to go to trial. At the DUI trial, the officer testified to everything that was on the video. However, on cross-examination, we showed that he made numerous mistakes on his police report. We got him to admit to so many mistakes that he lost his credibility in front of the judge. There was no way the judge could believe his testimony after the cross-examination. Even with the terrible video that the judge viewed during trial, she found my client not guilty of the DUI!