Robert S. Lidster
Respondent
Donald John Ramsell, Counsel of RecordIn the early morning of August 30, 1997, Robert S. Lidster was driving east on North Avenue in Lombard, Illinois, when he approached a police roadblock set up to investigate a fatal hit-and-run incident that had occurred a week earlier. Detective Ray Vasil, who was manning the checkpoint in the center lane, alleges that he was nearly hit by Lidster’s car. When Vasil requested Lidster’s license and insurance card, he smelled alcohol on Lidster’s breath and directed him to drive to a nearby alley, where another officer conducted a sobriety test. When Lidster failed the…
