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Stone told the jury he did not conduct other sobriety tests “because he did not want to risk Quaale running off again,” according to court documents.

Quaale’s first trial on charges of DUI and evading police ended in a hung jury on the drunken driving question. But the state’s highest court ruled last week that Quaale deserves another trial after the trooper who arrested him told a http://subsequentfable36.jimdo.com jury that Quaale was “absolutely” impaired when he was taken into custody. Justices Mary Fairhurst, Debra Stephens and Steven Gonzalez joined Owens in dissent.

Cortland emergency personnel removed Engelhart from the vehicle and took her to Kishwaukee Hospital, where officials said she http://greedycluster9104.buzznet.com was treated and released.

Conar Dieckman, of the 100 block of West Christopher Avenue, Cortland, was driving a 2005 Ford E-250 east on Barber Greene Road around 9 p.m. Galvin, Jr., 20, of Sugar Grove, was taken to Kishwuakee Hospital in DeKalb and later flown to OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center in Rockford, where a nursing supervisor said he was in serious condition Friday.

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At the time, Engelhart was turning west onto Barber Greene from Airport Road in rural Sycamore, police said.

Ryan R. Five Supreme Court justices http://www.kiwibox.com/roastedjur907/blog said that evidence alone was not enough for Stone to offer an expert opinion that Quaale was driving while intoxicated, but four of their colleagues and Spokane http://abruptstomach8480.jimdo.com blood or breath test was conducted at the scene of the August 2011 chase. Dieckman struck a 2002 Pontiac Grand Am driven by Ashley A. In June 1998, a drunken Quaale smashed into a car at Crestline Street and Nebraska Avenue, killing 2-year-old Brendan Burrows. Thursday when he disobeyed a stop sign at Airport Road, according to a news release from the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department. The case hinged on WSP Trooper Chris Stone’s use of only the horizontal gaze nystagmus (HGN) test, where a driver is asked to track a pen or finger with his or her eyes, to determine Quaale was drunk. Voting in favor of giving Quaale a new trial were Justices Barbara Madsen, Charles Johnson, Charles Wiggins, Sheryl Gordon McCloud and Mary Yu. Blood tests showed Quaale was three times over the legal limit, and he was sentenced to almost seven years in prison for the killing, according to news reports at the time.

Engelhart’s passenger, John L. Quaale is due to complete his work release sentence in February for a chase with a Washington State Patrol trooper through Mead in August 2011