Great news for defense lawyers from Tennessee today.  A ruling from the Tennessee Court of Criminal appeals states that a driver cannot be pulled over for failure to signal when that conduct did not affect any other driver.  Even the best DUI Lawyers in Chicago have struggled with how to address this type of  [...]

It never surprises our Chicago DUI Lawyers the extent people will go to destroy the basic Constitutional rights in the name of DUI enforcement.  More proof of this “war on DUI” can be found in the following story from the Rapid City Journal, in South Dakota. DUI clusters a challenge for justice system When drivers rack up [...]

Our Chicago DUI Lawyers continually are amazed at the double standard when it comes to DUI arrests.  Check out the following story from Orange County, California. DUI For Orange County Deputy Kimberly Edds, Staff Writer – Orange County Register An Orange County Sheriff’s deputy found himself on the other side of the jail bars Monday after he crashed [...]

Our Chicago DUI Lawyers wish the best to to ex-Chicago Blackhawks’ goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin in his up-coming DUI Trial. Khabibulin DUI case put over again EDMONTON Another false alarm for Nikolai Khabibulin. The Oilers netminder showed up in Arizona court Wednesday only to find out his DUI trial had been postponed again. It’s the second time this [...]

Chicago DUI Lawyers have seen the faux reason for a DUI arrest more than once.  The old, “well, the defendant smelled drunk” justification to ignore proper procedure. Wisconsin: Court Overthrows DUI Conviction For Smelling Drunk The Wisconsin Court of Appeals on Wednesday overturned the conviction of a woman arrested for driving under the influence (DUI) because [...]

A Chicago DUI Lawyer Update on the DUI case of former NHL player Rob Ramage. Ramage starts jail term for impaired conviction Former NHL player Rob Ramage has begun serving a four-year prison sentence. Ramage lost a bid for a new trial on impaired driving charges related to a car crash that killed another ex-NHL player. Ramage was convicted [...]

Our DUI Attorneys in Chicago found this case from Wisconsin to be interesting as it seemed to create a new law, attempted DUI. Appeals Court Nullifies Drunk “But Not Yet Driving” Offense PEWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) – A state appeals court nullified a drunk driving arrest today against a woman who was nabbed in Pewaukee before [...]

Chicago DUI Lawyers were impressed with the New Mexico Supreme Court actually using some comon sense when deciding the following case of a man arrested for DUI while sleeping in his car. New Mexico Supreme Court Overturns DUI Without Driving New Mexico’s highest court has reversed an interpretation of the driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI) [...]

Our Chicago DUI Lawyers have always maintained that the courts should not put much faith in the standardized field sobriety tests that are so often used to convict people of drunk driving.  THe following case out of Michigan illustrates exactly why we feel that way. Michigan: Man With 0.00 BAC Sues Over DUI Charge US Court of [...]

Our Chicago DUI Attorneys are never surprised by the lengths the Courts will go to convict people for misdemeanor DUI.  Check out the following case in which the Supreme Court of New Mexico changed the rules to validate what should have been an invalid arrest for DUI. New Mexico Supreme Court Upholds Phone Tip DUI Conviction New [...]