he was defying a direct court order - his license wasn't just out of date, it was suspended by a judge because he had a DUI..
driving on a suspended license under a DUI is seen as a serious offense and punishable as follows...
the penalties will come from two different levels of jurisdiction...
One being the court system local & state, the other being the Secretary of State's Department that issued the license.
"..license revocation is mandatory for certain offenses, including:
...driving under the influence of alcohol
Driving while your license is suspended or revoked is a crime. You may be
charged with a petty offense, a Class A misdemeanor, or a felony, depending
on the circumstances of your charge. Your charge may be more serious if
you have previous convictions for driving after suspension or revocation, or
if your license was suspended or revoked for certain reasons.
If your license is suspended or revoked for certain other violations, including
driving under the influence, you may face a minimum sentence of 10 days in
jail or 30 days of community service if you are convicted of driving after
suspension or revocation. (625 Ill. Comp. Stat. ?§ 6-303(c).)
In certain other situations, you may incur a 180-day minimum sentence.
(625 Ill. Comp. Stat. ?§ 6-303(d-3).)"
If you are pulled over and your license is suspended because of a prior statutory summary suspension or DUI conviction,
the penalties provided by Illinois law can be severe.
Driving while suspended or revoked is a Class A misdemeanor offense. For all Class A misdemeanor offenses, the sentencing
range is incarceration for up to one year in the county jail and a fine of $2,500. However, the state legislature has passed laws
establishing additional mandatory minimum sentences for the offense when the cause of the suspension or revocation is a prior DUI.
On the first offense, the minimum sentence is 10 days in jail or 30 days of community service. One day of community service is 8 hours of work.
Therefore, 30 days of community service is 240 hours.
When the Secretary of State revokes a person’s driver’s license, the revocation is supposed to last for one year.
....One of the most critical issues for driving while license suspended or revoked for DUI is that a conviction will cause the Secretary of State
to re-suspend or revoke the person’s driver’s license for the same period as before. That is, the Secretary of State will double the length of the suspension.
For a license that is revoked for one year, the revocation will be extended for one year."
BTW- you'd think he'd have known about the severity since one of his ISU teammates got a 2nd DUI while driving on a suspended license from a prior DUI..
thus the "court supervision" he was serving was instantly upgraded to a FELONY CHARGE of "Aggravated DUI while License Suspended/Revoked"
That charge is a Class 4 Felony in Illinois and carries a possible penalties as such...
"Driving under the influence without a valid license is a Class 4 felony. Supervision is not available for felony offenses.
The penalty for a Class 4 felony is 1-3 years in the Department of Corrections (DOC) and possible $25,000 fine."
...I guess I can understand why said teammate has skipped his court dates and fled the state...
and trust me, we know about our losses - nothing more to talk about...fallout from a horrid regime continues..