People v. Diestelhorst

The State appeals from the trial court’s order rescinding the statutory summary suspension of the defendant Dewayne Diestelhorst’s driver’s license. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1991, ch. 95 1/2, par. 2— 118.1(b).) Defendant has not filed an appellee’s brief. However, as the record is simple and the claimed errors are such that this court can easily decide them 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, 133, 345 N.E.2d 493, 495.

Shortly before midnight on March 17, 1993, an Illinois State Police trooper…