People v. Palacios

PRESIDING JUSTICE SLATER

delivered the opinion of the court:

The State appeals from an order of the circuit court of Will County which rescinded the statutory summary suspension of defendant Joseph Palacios’ driving privileges. Palacios has not filed an appellee’s brief. However, as the record is simple and the claimed error is such that this court can reach a decision without the aid of an appellee’s brief, we shall do so. First Capitol Mortgage Corp. v. Talandis Construction Corp. (1976), 63 Ill. 2d 128, 345 N.E.2d 493.

The record shows that on December 12, 1993, the defendant was charged…