NOTE: This page includes new and updated material to cover Illinois legal changes after Public Acts 100-513 and 101-27 became state law in 2018 and 2019, respectively. Since that time, Illinois law includes new standards for DUI testing of breath or blood for the presence of alcohol or marijuana. DUI Blood & Urine Test Regulations […]
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An important decision was just handed down by the United States Supreme Court concerning driving under the influence. In Missouri v. McNeely, the court was asked to decide whether it was unconstitutional to take blood by force without a search warrant. The court held that when a DUI suspect refuses a blood test, the police […]
Every arrest for driving under the influence has two consequences: first, the suspension of driving privileges, and second, the criminal offense of DUI. The driver’s license suspension operates on a time table, whereas the criminal offense does not. A person who is arrested for DUI will have his driving privileges suspended pursuant to a statutory […]
