Archive for April 2013
Divided Court Strikes Down Law on Drunk Driving Blood Tests
Tony Mauro The National Law Journal 04-17-2013 Posted by New Jersey DWI Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark A divided Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down a Missouri law that allowed police routinely to force drunk-driving suspects to give blood samples without a warrant and without consent. A 5-4 majority agreed that the inevitable dissipation of alcohol from…
Read MoreCriminal Law — Drunk Driving
Published by New Jersey DWI Attorney, Jeffrey Hark. https://www.criminalcivillawyer.com/new-jersey-dwi-lawyer/ 14-2-9400 State v. Choi, App. Div. (per curiam) (13 pp.) Defendant, who was arrested for a variety of traffic offenses and pled guilty to driving while intoxicated, appeals the denial of his motion to suppress the evidence of his refusal to submit to a breath…
Read MoreDrug Evidence found in the Warrantless Search
State v. Walker, A-49-11. Posted by drig crime defense pawyer, Jeffrey Hark. https://www.criminalcivillawyer.com/ Smoking pot while answering one’s front door, then tossing the evidence when seeing it’s the police, creates probable cause to search under the plain-view and exigent-circumstances doctrines, the state Supreme Court says. The justices reversed an Appellate Division ruling that suppressed drug…
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