Civil Rights and Criminal Defense Attorneys Erickson & Oppenheimer, Ltd. Score Major Victory on Falsified Warrant Case Officer says gun team got warrant to search his home based on faulty information By Annie Sweeney, Chicago Tribune reporter August 5, 2012 Four...
CHICAGO, IL-(Marketwire - Jul 16, 2012) - Two-time U.S.A. National Boxing Champion and Chicago native Semajay Thomas triumphantly returned to the Cook County Juvenile Detention Center last Sunday as a free man dreaming of a world title. The light welterweight spent 15...
Reckless homicide (commonly referred to as Vehicular Homicide) is where a death results from the reckless driving of a motor vehicle. Under Illinois law, the reckless homicide statute is the same as involuntary manslaughter- but where driving a car is involved. Said...
In a recent decision, the Illinois Supreme Court distinguished between the six various ways a person can be charged and found guilty of DUI in Illinois. "Four ways require proof that a driver's ingestion of alcohol or drugs impaired his ability to drive. Two ways do...
The Chicago Police are employing so called "road-side safety checks" with increasing regularity. Road-side safety checks or DUI roadblocks are temporary stations set up by Chicago Police to search drivers in order to find drivers who are under the influence of...
When you are arrested for DUI in Chicago or anywhere in Illinois, your license will be automatically suspended. The suspension does not start immediately, but kicks in 46 days after you are arrested. If you take the breathalyzer or give blood or urine and your...
Driving Under the Influence does not just mean driving under the influence of alcohol. Driving under the influence of drugs (including legal prescription drugs) is illegal in Illinois. Although central nervous system stimulants such Cocaine, Crystal Meth and Dexedrine...
5/11-501. Driving while under the influence of alcohol, other drug or drugs, intoxicating compound or compounds or any combination thereof § 11-501. Driving while under the influence of alcohol, other drug or drugs, intoxicating compound or compounds or any...
Illinois law imposes some of the toughest DUI Sentencing in the United States and the sentencing gets tougher every year. And as the sentencing gets tougher, it gets more complicated. Recently, the Illinois legislature made it much easier for the Chicago Police to...
