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

The Illinois State Police observed my client speeding on I-55 while swerving in and out of his lane of traffic. The State Trooper smelled a strong odor of alcohol coming from my clients breath. My client admitted coming from a bar and consuming numerous alcoholic beverages. The trooper observed that my clients eyes were bloodshot and glassy so the trooper requested that my client perform field sobriety tests. My client failed the field sobriety tests in the troopers opinion. The trooper requested that my client submit to a portable breath test (PBT) in which my client refused to take. The Trooper then arrested him for DUI and took him back to the Illinois State Police Station. At the station, my client refused to submit to a breathalyzer. This was my client’s 3rd DUI so pleading him guilty was not an option. At trial, I questioned the trooper about his failure to follow his own training when giving the field sobriety tests to my client. I got him to admit numerous facts that would show my client not to be under the influence of alcohol. I showed the judge how his testimony was different than the video capturing the events of that evening. The judge agreed with me. My client was found not guilty of the DUI.