ABOUT ME
Matt Keenan
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A criminal and school law attorney with over 24 years of experience, I have successfully represented clients all over the Chicago area. My practice includes DUI, felony, criminal, misdemeanor, homicide, internet crime, retail theft, traffic offenses, cyberstalking, drug crimes, weapons violations, domestic battery and juvenile crime. I also represent families involving school cases. My clients come from all over the Chicago area including Skokie, Wilmette, Niles, Northbrook, Glenview, Evanston, Winnetka, Highland park, Northfield, Park Ridge, Des Plaines and Mount Prospect. I am a member of the ACLU, Illinois State Bar Association.
We wrote the chapters on DEFENSES and ARRESTS AND INVESTIGATORY STOPS.
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Illinois Jurisprudence: Criminal Law and Procedure. Vol. 1. (LexisNexis 2014).We wrote the chapters on SEARCH and SEIZURE, MOTIONS AND DISCOVERY, and EVIDENTIARY MATTERS GENERALLY.
Illinois Jurisprudence: Criminal Law and Procedure. Vol. 1. (LexisNexis 2014).
Author Archives: mdkeenan
HOW A SIMPLE WELLNESS CHECK CAN TURN INTO A DUI ARREST
The officer may have simply been checking to make sure you were OK. You were slumped over your steering wheel, and the officer thought you might have a medical emergency. So she knocked on your window. You were startled and … Continue reading
Posted in DUI evidence
Tagged community caretaking, dui stops
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WHAT CAN HURT YOUR PERFORMANCE ON FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS?
You were stopped under suspicion of drunk driving. The officer asked you to take field sobriety tests, and since you didn’t have much to drink, you agreed. To your surpise, you failed the tests and were arrested. What happened? What … Continue reading
Posted in breathalyzer/field sobriety test, DUI testing
Tagged Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus Test, one-leg stand test, walk and turn test
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AGGRAVATED DUI: WHAT REALLY CAUSED THE ACCIDENT?
Before the Illinois legislature amended the law, you could be convicted of Aggravated DUI if you were the proximate cause of an accident that resulted in great bodily harm or death, and you had any amount of a controlled substance … Continue reading
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Tagged drive under the influence of drugs, Marijuana, trace law
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DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS IN ILLINOIS
After the officer stopped you for a traffic violation, she searched your car and found illegal drugs. As a result, you were arrested for driving under the influence of drugs. Sure there were drugs in the car, but does that … Continue reading
Posted in DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE, DUI evidence
Tagged driving under the influence of drugs
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EXTRADITION TO ILLINOIS: VIOLATION OF PROBATION
If you violate the terms of your out of state probation, you can be extradited to the state where you originally had the problem. Extradition means you could be arrested in your current state and brought back to face charges … Continue reading
Posted in out of state dui, Uncategorized
Tagged extradition, violation of probation
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THE ILLINOIS HABITUAL CRIMINAL STATUTE AND DUI
Clients often want to get their DUI cases over with quickly. Sometimes, the evidence is so overwhelming that a swift guilty plea to a lesser charge is actually in the client’s best interest. But many times, pleading guilty to a … Continue reading
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Tagged aggravated dui, habitual criminal statute
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CAN I BE DEPORTED FOR DUI?
The answer is probably no for simple DUI, but possibly yes for aggravated DUI. In short, the answer may depend on whether your DUI could be considered a crime of moral turpitude. In Marmolejo-Campos v. Holder, the court stated that … Continue reading
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Tagged aggravated dui, citizenship, deportation, green card, immigration
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EXTRADITION TO ILLINOIS: VIOLATION OF PROBATION FOR DUI
Violating the terms of your DUI supervision or probation could result in your extradition to the state where your case was originally heard. Extradition means you could be arrested in your current state and brought back to face charges in … Continue reading
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NEW ILLINOIS RULES FOR GUILTY PLEAS
As of January 1, 2017, changes to Illinois law require the court to give new warnings about the consequences of a guilty plea. Before you plead guilty, a judge must first warn or “admonish” you about what your plea really … Continue reading
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Tagged guilty plea, guilty plea admonishment, guilty plea warnings
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CAN POLICE ARREST YOU FOR DUI OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS?
The Illinois criminal code generally limits arrests outside a police officer’s jurisdiction except under certain circumstances. The Illinois municipal code, however, permits an officer to make an arrest in an adjoining municipality as long as it is within the same … Continue reading
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Tagged arrest, jurisdiction, outside city limits
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