http://www.windycitylawfirm.com Chicago Lawyer Blog Dealing With Personal Injury, DUI, License Suspensions & Revocations, and Expungements Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:21:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.windycitylawfirm.com/chicago_dui_attorneys/breathalyzer-stab/ http://www.windycitylawfirm.com/chicago_dui_attorneys/breathalyzer-stab/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:42:23 +0000 James Fabbrini http://www.windycitylawfirm.com/?p=3332

Our Chicago DUI Attorneys have written about prior “No Refusal Weekends” here in Illinois.  (See DUI No Refusal Weekends In Jeopardy and Kane County No Refusal Weekend Is Back). The State of Texas, it seems, has taken “No Refusal” to a whole new level.  Threats of being strapped down to a chair and stabbed by a needle [...]

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Our Chicago DUI Lawyers hear that a group of Senators want to put an end to Constitutional protections for our citizens and have written letters urging companies to help. Senators Ask Apple, Google, RIM to Pull DUI Checkpoint Apps Four Democratic senators on Tuesday penned a letter to Apple, Google, and Research in Motion to urge the [...]

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Our Chicago DUI Lawyers are constantly amazed at how one’s Constitutional Rights are destroyed everyday in the name of DUI.  This week, we explore the story of Rodger Festa, a decorated vietnam vetern who was arrested for DUI after blowing a .03.  That’s right, .03, or more that 60% BELOW the legal limit. Federal Court Upholds [...]

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Our Chicago DUI Lawyers ask: When does not starting your car equal driving your car?  Answer: When it comes to convicting people of DUI.  Want proof?  Look at what happened to a MA man who didn’t even start his car but was nevertheless charged with drunk driving. Court: Key enough for drunk driving conviction By Associated [...]

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Our Chicago Defense Lawyers recently posted about the arrest and subsequent prosecution of 25 year old Anthony Graber who was charged with a felony for recording his arrest.  Not only is the ACLU defending Graber against these ridiculous charges but has also taken up this cause of behalf of an Illinois man charged with [...]

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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  [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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) [...]

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