DUI Cases and DUI Trials McHenry County Illinois

There are a lot of ideas about how a DUI case works in McHenry County, IL.  Most of those ideas are wrong.  Let’s take a few moments to clear up the inner workings of a DUI case.  First many people believe that all DUI cases are felony.  They are not.  About 97% of DUI cases in McHenry County, IL are misdemeanors. That means that you can’t be sentenced to prison on a DUI.  Some believe that DUI cases will result in a jail sentence.  Going to jail on a first DUI in McHenry County Illinois is so rare that the chances of going to jail can be said to be less than 1000 to 1.  Second offense DUI cases require either 5 days in jail or 240 hours of public service if the case results in a DUI conviction.

A person charged with a DUI in McHenry County, IL can avoid a conviction by using what is called supervision.  A DUI supervision is not a conviction.  When used it doesn’t result in a DUI conviction, but is does result in a permanent record.  The reason that there is a permanent record is that a person may only use supervision once in a lifetime.  A person who is charged with their first DUI in McHenry County, IL will have their license suspended 46 days after the day they were arrested.  They will not be able to drive during the first 30 days of that suspension, then they will be able to drive with a “blow machine” in their cars for the rest of the suspension.  They can challenge the suspension.

Hopefully that clears up some of the DUI in McHenry County Illinois confusion.

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