Driving While Intoxicated

This specialized area of criminal defense in New Jersey is tried without a jury before a municipal court.  DWI in New Jersey involves both alcohol and drugs, typically marijuana.

New Jersey law has a driving while intoxicated due to drugs section, and came up with Drug Recognition Experts. These are cops that attend 3 courses given by the state police, where they are taught to recognize the effects of various drugs on a person, and to quantify that recognition enough be be able to say that a person is under the influence of those drugs . These "Experts" are supposedly certified by the National Association of Chiefs of Police, which have specific criteria for training and certification; and while the state police train them, these "DRE"'s have never met the criteria of the certifying organization, the National Association of Chiefs of Police. Further, they are not able to rule out ordinarily medical conditions such as allergies that may have possible effects. Finally, there is always the question of whether, because you may still show some effects of, say, marijuana, you are under the influence. Scientific literature is not in agreement on this point. For this kind of case you need an attorney skilled in this area, such as myself. If you are convicted of being under the influence of drugs you lose your license for seven months for a first offense, and suffer the other consequences of a DWI. These cases are possible to beat, with a lot of hard work.

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My philosophy is to try and win on motions before there is a trial, as this saves both time and money for you. I have a network of Breathalyzer and medical experts to assist me and have taken these cases to trial. The most recent case I tried was in in Sound Brook Municipal Court, and it is a case I won.

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