Our Chicago DUI Lawyers have log held that the breathalyzer machines relied on so heavily by prosecutors to find people guilty of drunk driving are not as accurate as everyone would like you to believe.  Now, this latest story out of Washington, D.C. DC Reveals About 400 People Convicted Based on Faulty DWI Tests Nearly 400 people in [...]

Our Chicago DUI Attorneys have long argued that the results of breathalyzers are flawed.  Now, more proof that the machines should not be relied on to convict anyone. Audit : Number of inflated DUI tests has doubled JOHN C. ENSSLIN The number of flawed blood alcohol tests has doubled since a Colorado Springs Police Crime Lab internal audit [...]

Our Chicago DUI Lawyers have reported on the increase in Drunk Driving arrests for women. Now researchers at the University School of Medicine in Trieste, Italy suggest that women might be more likely to show a higher reading on a breathalyzer than men – even if both have the exact same BAC. Do DUI Laws [...]

A drunk driving charge in Illinois is the only criminal charge in which the Defendant has no right to confront his accuser (the breathalyzer).  However, a recent Supreme Court ruling may change all of that. Bar raised in drug, DUI trials Prosecutors say top court’s ruling on lab techs’ testimony will hinder cases By David G. Savage | [...]

A very interesting ruling came down from the California Supreme Court allowing defendants to challenge Breathalyzer results. For years, our DUI attorneys have challenged the admissibility of Breathalyzer results, often winning on many of the issues that we raise. Now the California Supreme Court affirms the defendant’s right to challenge the DUI evidence [...]

When asked about Breathalyzers, our Chicago DUI Attorneys always tell our clients the same thing, “Don’t do it”. Why? It is common knowledge that Breathalyzers are inaccurate – further, we can’t cross examine a machine. Essentially, these machines are used by the State to prove people guilty without ever affording someone charged with drunk driving [...]

The Chicago Policeman charged in with DUI in this weekend’s fatal hit-and-run accident had a blood alcohol level of .079 four hours after the accident. Many are now questioning why it took so long to administer the Breathalyzer test and whether the Chicago Police are giving preferential treatment to one of their own. Full story follows [...]

Our Chicago DUI Attorneys have long challenged the accuracy of Breathalyzers to prove DUI charges. Now we learn of a challenge to a DUI Breathalyzer machine in Virginia that resulted in the State’s Attorney to drop DUI charges rather than have the Breathalyzer machine exposed. Full story follows below: Continue reading “Challenge to DUI Breathalyzer Results [...]

Everyone knows that even the best Chicago DUI Lawyer would have trouble with defending your DUI arrest if a blood draw is taken to show your BAC. Well now that State of Florida wants to set-up DUI checkpoints where they can draw blood of motorists suspected of DUI! Here’s the full [...]

Remember our Chicago DUI Lawyer report just a last week regarding police misconduct during DUI arrests? Well today the Chicago Sun-Times reported on another instance of police misconduct that our Chicago DUI Lawyers found eerily similar. It seems that another Chicago Police Officer who wrote hundreds of DUIs in Chicago is being investigated for misconduct [...]