People v. Blackwood

Illinois Appellate Court
Criminal Court
DUI
Citation
Case Number: 
2019 IL App (3d) 160161
Decision Date: 
Monday, August 12, 2019
District: 
3d Dist.
Division/County: 
Rock Island Co.
Holding: 
Affirmed.
Justice: 
CARTER

Defendant was convicted, after jury trial, of misdemeanor DUI. Defendant failed to show ineffective assistance of counsel for failing to request jury instruction IPI 5.01, under which jurors would be instructed that an adverse inference may be drawn against the State as to Defendant's performance on field sobriety tests where the arresting officer administered the tests outside of the view of the squad car's operable dashboard video camera.(McDADE and WRIGHT, concurring.)