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

My client was traveling 68 mph in 35 mph zone. While speeding, she was weaving side to side within her own lane. She was pulled over by the Orland Park Police Department. The officer observed my client to have glassy/bloodshot eyes, an odor of alcohol coming from her breath and she admitted to consuming alcohol prior to driving. My client took the Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus (HGN) test and then the officer arrested her for DUI. My client had a clean record and did not want to plead guilty to this DUI. We went to trial and I crossed the officer on all of his observations. I showed the judge that there were a lot more clues showing she was NOT intoxicated versus clues showing that she was intoxicated. The judge agreed. He found my client not guilty of DUI.