PEOPLE v. RUPPEL

No. 4-98-0411.

708 N.E.2d 824 (1999)

303 Ill. App.3d 885

237 Ill.Dec. 21

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Patricia RUPPEL, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

Decided March 22, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert G. Kirchner (argued), Lerner & Kirchner, Champaign, for Patricia Ruppel.

John C. Piland, Champaign County State's Atty., Urbana, Norbert J. Goetten, Director, Robert J. Biderman, Deputy Director, Charles F. Mansfield (argued), Staff Atty., State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Springfield, for People.


Justice McCULLOUGH delivered the opinion of the court:

Patricia Ruppel, defendant, appeals her conviction for driving with a blood-alcohol concentration (BAC) over .10. 625 ILCS 5/11-501(a)(1) (West 1996). Most of defendant's arguments relate to the admissibility of involuntary blood test results that indicated defendant had a BAC of .228. Defendant argues (1) the State failed to show it had probable cause to arrest her or to perform the blood test; (2) the blood...

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