Q: I received my 3rd speeding ticket within 1 year. They are allowing me too take supervision. Well this show on my record?
A:
The whole point of supervision is that it does not go down as a conviction.
At the end, the case is dismissed.
The Secretary of State keeps a record of court supervisions.
That record is available to prosecutors in the future.
A:
Hello Asker,
As Ray pointed out, a court supervision is designed to keep it off "your record". I put "your record" in quotes because there is more than one record and supervision is visible on only some of them depending on your license status. If you have a CDL license, supervision is fully visible. If you have a normal Illinois license, supervision is restricted to court records and internal secretary of state records. This keeps it off the public records that insurance companies and most employer driving records can see.
Even with this, some records such as DUI's and Driving during suspensions MAY appear on public records (I've seen mixed results to suggest they are visible but a colleague recently informed me that this may not be the case so take this with a grain of salt).
In practice, all speeding tickets are not recorded to public records when supervision is successfully completed so long as the driver is an Illinois driver and does not have a commercial learner's permit or commercial driver's license when they got the ticket.
I would add one correction to Ray's comment. Supervision does not in any way whatsoever cause a dismissal. It merely continues the case for a fixed period of months. At the end of those months, the prosecution reviews the record of the supervised driver. If all terms of the supervision were met, the case is closed and no conviction enters. This is distinct from a dismissal in that there is a finding of guilt. This can have many effects that a dismissal would never have. It also, as Ray pointed out, can appear in your records for court purposes that prosecutors possess. So in practice, you should assume that any supervision should be visible by police, prosecutors, secretary of state, courts, yourself, and other attorneys.
Hope that helps and let us know if you have additional questions!
Sincerely,
Jason A. Wilkins
Traffic Attorney
(630) 445-2293
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