People v. Larsen

PRESIDING JUSTICE HARTMAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

The State appeals the circuit court’s grant of motions in limine made by defendants David Larsen, Gregory Murphy, Joseph Cheslak, Matthew Kollios, Jesse Castillo, Walter Sternberg, Jason Komis, and Leslie Majors barring admission of the results of defendants’ breathalyzer tests at trial. The State filed Supreme Court Rule 604(a)(1) (145 Ill. 2d R. 604(a)(1)) certificates of substantial impairment in each case. The sole issue raised by the State on appeal is whether the court properly excluded evidence of the breathalyzer tests based…