sheet: for the defendant's stop, the reading of his rights and his refusal of the Breathalyzer. Kessler also asks the officer why his signature and badge number do not appear on the arrest's carbon copy. The officer, a man who appears to be in his 50s with a large, gold eagle medallion around his neck, winces before he answers Kessler's questions. In between winces, he leans back in the witness chair with one arm behind his head. The officer testifies that he determined the defendant was drunk after speaking with him. Kessler objects on the that the officer had not yet read the defendant his Miranda rights. Ultimately, the officer testifies that he arrested the defendant after he refused the Breathalyzer test. The judge is unfamiliar with case law on the required order of the procedure and asks for a citation. Kessler heads up to the law library. He finds the citation after combing through six books and returns to the fourth-floor courtroom, caption and case number in hand. The judge grants Kessler's motion that there was no basis for summary suspension because procedure established by statute and case law was not followed during the arrest. Kessler says this procedure violation happens probably 80 percent of the time in DUI cases. What's difficult is getting an officer "to admit that he didn't do what he was supposed to do. They probably do that 5 percent of the time." MITCHELL F. Mitchell Asher estimates that he represents thousands of landlords. He is about 5'10" with broad shoulders. He wears a pinkie ring, and his hair is slicked back. Most people know him as "Mickey." During the week, he can be found striding through the Daley Center hallways, pulling a large trial bag on wheels. the way, Asher, 58, stops to chat with other lawyers in the hallways and elevators. The conversations, usually about building code or eviction laws, are brief. Sometimes he doesn't even stop but shouts answers over his shoulder or through a closing elevator door. "You have to know the code" to represent landlords, says referring to the Chicago Building Code. "Most attorneys don't study the code."
sheet: for the defendant's stop, the reading of his rights and his refusal of the Breathalyzer. Kessler also asks the officer why his signature and badge number do not appear on the arrest's carbon copy. The officer, a man who appears to be in his 50s with a large, gold eagle medallion around his neck, winces before he answers Kessler's questions. In between winces, he leans back in the witness chair with one arm behind his head. The officer testifies that he determined the defendant was drunk after speaking with him. Kessler objects on the that the officer had not yet read the defendant his Miranda rights. Ultimately, the officer testifies that he arrested the defendant after he refused the Breathalyzer test. The judge is unfamiliar with case law on the required order of the procedure and asks for a citation. Kessler heads up to the law library. He finds the citation after combing through six books and returns to the fourth-floor courtroom, caption and case number in hand. The judge grants Kessler's motion that there was no basis for summary suspension because procedure established by statute and case law was not followed during the arrest. Kessler says this procedure violation happens probably 80 percent of the time in DUI cases. What's difficult is getting an officer "to admit that he didn't do what he was supposed to do. They probably do that 5 percent of the time." MITCHELL F. Mitchell Asher estimates that he represents thousands of landlords. He is about 5'10" with broad shoulders. He wears a pinkie ring, and his hair is slicked back. Most people know him as "Mickey." During the week, he can be found striding through the Daley Center hallways, pulling a large trial bag on wheels. the way, Asher, 58, stops to chat with other lawyers in the hallways and elevators. The conversations, usually about building code or eviction laws, are brief. Sometimes he doesn't even stop but shouts answers over his shoulder or through a closing elevator door. "You have to know the code" to represent landlords, says referring to the Chicago Building Code. "Most attorneys don't study the code."
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