Illinois Supreme Court
Criminal Court
Aggravated DUI
Defendant was hospitalized after head-on collision, and consented to blood and urine tests. Although blood tests did not reveal alcohol, his urine contained methamphetamine, at trial he admitted to being a "crystal meth" user but denied having used it on night of accident. No tests are available to determine impairment based on drugs such as methamphetamine, and thus there was no need to prove that Defendant suffered from any degree of impairment which caused the accidental fatalities. Conviction and sentence for aggravated DUI reinstated.
(KILBRIDE, FREEMAN, THOMAS, GARMAN, KARMEIER, and BURKE, concurring.)