Lawyers question Champaign judge's handling of DUI cases

URBANA – A Champaign County judge's rejection of court supervision for two men who pleaded guilty to driving under the influence for the first time comes as no surprise to their attorneys.

Nonetheless, a written ruling issued Wednesday by Judge Chase Leonhard has the local defense bar talking, and not necessarily in the most charitable terms, about his interpretation of the law.

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