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

The Glenview Police Department observed my client speeding 82 MPH in a 45 MPH zone on Lake Avenue in Glenview. After the police officer pulled my client over, he observed that my client had slurred speech, strong odor of alcohol on his breath bloodshot eyes and was very slow to respond to questions. My client then admitted to drinking alcohol earlier in the evening. The officer ask my client to step out of his vehicle to perform field sobriety testing. The first test that my client submitted to was the Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus Test (HGN). The officer indicated that my client swayed throughout that test and that he showed the maximum amount of clues indicating impairment. The next test was the Walk and Turn Test. The officer indicated that my client missed every single step when he was walking the 9 steps each way. My client had a commercial driver’s license and there was no way I was going to let him lose that! If he had plead guilty or was found guilty, his CDL would have been disqualified for a year! We went to trial. I destroyed the officer on cross-examination. The judge ruled in our favor. He found my client NOT GUILTY of DUI!