Think having the best DUI Attorney isn’t important? Ask Steven Jakeman. Jakeman was arrested and charged with Vehicular Homicide and DUI following a car accident in which a UPS driver was killed. The State’s attorney insisted Jakeman was guilty of Vehicular Homicide because of a blood test which showed his BAC to be three times the legal limit. Jakeman’s DUI attorney insisted that the blood be retested. Guess what? Turns out the lab made a mistake. Jakeman is now a free man thanks to the persistence of his DUI attorney.

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Our Chicago DUI attorneys found this story to be a perfect illustration that even sleeping in your car can lead you to be arrested for DUI.

Democratic Delegate Herman Taylor found out this lesson the hard way as he was convicted of DUI last week for sleeping in his car while intoxicated. In a strange twist of fate, Delegate Taylor was a proponent for requiring DUI offenders to have special DUI license plates.

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Here’s another cautionary tale which once again shows the importance of having a quality DUI lawyer to protect your rights.

The Supreme Court of Illinois has denied the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge’s petition for leave to appeal the case of People v. Carey. At issue was the Appellate Court‘s ruling that a breathalyzer examination that was given during an internal affairs investigation would be admissible at a criminal proceeding , despite promises that the State would not use the exam against the Defendant.

The background of the case is as follows:

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Our Chicago DUI lawyers are often asked “should I blow in a breathalyzer if pulled over for a DUI”? Well, a study in Texas looked at DUI arrest records for recent years and found that 100 percent of elected officials – from state senators to judges to commissioners – refuse a breathalyzer test when pulled over for drunk driving.

From the Austin American-Statesman:

“Among the general public, the refusal rate is about 50 percent, but at the Capitol, the refusal rate is about 100 percent,” said Shannon Edmonds, governmental relations director for the Texas District and County Attorneys Association.

Police and prosecutors say politicians fall into a larger category of savvy citizens — such as Longhorn baseball coach Augie Garrido, who declined to give a breath sample when he was arrested Jan. 17 on suspicion of DWI — who know that while there technically are consequences to saying no, they are often mitigated with skilled legal advice.

Why do you think that the refusal rate is 100% among those in the legal field?  Because it is a well known fact that breathalyzers are faulty, unreliable, and unfair.

Breathalyzers have been responsible for thousands of people being wrongly convicted of DUI (See: A Decade Worth Of Bogus Breathalyzer Tests Discovered and DUI Breathalyzers Found To Be Faulty); they are inherently biased against women (See: DUI Discrimination Against Women?); they can be set off by substances other than alcohol  (See: Hairspray – Not Alcohol Triggers Alcohol Monitor).

So remember, when it comes to breathalyzers, just say no.

If you live, work, or like to go out in or around Riverside, Illinois, don’t drink and drive.  That’s the message being sent by Police Chief Thomas Weitzel and the Riverside Police Department. Our Chicago DUI Attorneys have learned that Riverside Police Department receives additional State grants for DUI arrests and, as a result, have greatly increased the number of DUI arrests in and around Riverside. Here’s the full story as reported by the Riverside Brookfield Landmark.
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Here’s an interesting case from Florida that demonstrates the importance of having an aggressive DUI attorney to fight your DUI charges:

Evidence Tossed In DUI Arrests

A judge threw out evidence in three drunken driving cases Thursday because the sheriff’s office did not follow its plan for a DUI checkpoint on U.S. 41 in Palmetto, Florida. Continue reading “Chicago DUI Lawyers Examine: Evidence Tossed In DUI Arrests” »