What happens at a DUI pretrial conference in Illinois? Combs Waterkotte attorney Joshua Boardman discusses everything you need to know about Illinois DUI criminal charges, including first-time DUI, second DUI, Illinois DUI laws, DUI defense strategies, CDL DUI charges, and more.
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Interview Transcript
Scott Michael Dunn: What happens at a DUI pretrial conference in Illinois?
Joshua Boardman: A pretrial conference in Chicago and Illinois courts generally is an opportunity for the court, the judge to provide some level of accountability to the progress of a case. The criminal defense attorney is going to appear with their client. The state’s attorney is going to appear on behalf of the county and the judge is going to be asking questions like, “Has discovery been tendered? If it has, are there discovery disputed that need resolution?” The parties may announce that depositions are set to occur or something along those lines. Any sort of pretrial suppression issues can be taken up at pretrial conferences. It’s a way for judges to keep their finger on the progress of a case as it’s moving through the court.
