Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol (DUI) – Not Guilty of all Charges

The Defendant found by another motorist to be passed out in his vehicle at an intersection at 3300 Harlem Avenue in Riverside. The motorist called the police and they could not initially wake up my client in the driver’s seat with the car running. The officers then opened my clients door and he fell out of the vehicle and was only held up by his seatbelt. He was still partially unconscious. He then started talking non-sense and swearing at the officers. When the officers got him out of the vehicle, he stumbled. He smelled like alcohol, had slurred speech and his eyes were glassy and bloodshot. My client was not eligible for supervision because of his background so I had not choice but to have a trial. During the trial, I cross-examined the officer on how he did not follow his own training when investigating this DUI. I showed the judge that the officer completely deviated from his own training on important steps in the investigation. The judge ruled that the State of Illinois did not prove their case beyond a reasonable doubt. The judge found my client not guilty.