One of the more common questions that DWI defense attorneys get asked by potential clients is the particular order of events as an impaired driving case moves through our state’s law enforcement and judicial systems. Naturally, any DWI or DUI case begins with the driver being pulled over by a…
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Legal Defense Brief: Defining Impairment for Drunken Driving Cases in New Jersey
Here in the Garden State, a motorist can be pulled over for any number of traffic violations including excessive speed, failure to maintain one’s lane, improper use of turn signal and even defective vehicle equipment, such as a broken taillight or burned-out headlamp. It’s not that these are unusual violations,…
Garden State Counties Join in New Jersey Law Enforcement Drunk Driving Crackdown
For many New Jersey residents, rather than enjoy this past Labor Day weekend they likely spent most of their time cleaning up from the effects of tropical storm Irene. Still, in areas less affected, surely some Garden State drivers saw some increased drunken driving enforcement activities by state and local…
New Jersey Woman Charged with DWI following Somerset County, NJ, Injury Accident
Being arrested for drunken driving in New Jersey is one thing, but being charged with driving while intoxicated following a traffic accident that one may or may not have caused brings a whole new dimension to a DWI arrest. As New Jersey drunken driving defense attorneys I and my staff…
Essex County Police News: Glen Ridge Drunk Driving Enforcement Nets Half 2010’s DWI-DUI Arrests
It goes without saying that the annual anti-drunk driving campaigns, here in the Garden State as well as nationwide, are funded in part by the government in hopes that some alcohol-related traffic deaths and injuries might be avoided. Of course, there is always a question of how effective these efforts…
NJ Assemblyman Sponsors Legislation to Stop Convicted DWI Offenders from Suing Restaurants for Their Injuries
Not long ago the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled to allow individuals convicted of
NJ Drunken Driving News: Monmouth County Man Arrested following Fatal DWI Boating Accident
For anyone who thinks that having a can of beer, glass of wine or shot of whiskey while operating a watercraft in New Jersey waters is not the same as driving a passenger car after having a drink of alcohol, think again. New Jersey law enforcement agencies in Monmouth, Atlantic,…
Monmouth County Police Blotter: Red Bank Police Tote Up Drunken Driving Arrests in July
Here in the Garden State, drunken driving arrests are not uncommon, especially during the summer months when company picnics, family gatherings and friendly get-togethers are much more frequent. The point is, while being pulled over for driving under the influence may not be unusual during most of the year, getting…
Belleville, NJ, Police Report Zero DWI Arrests During “Click It” Campaign
It would appear that Belleville Twp. has one of the lowest instances of drunk driving in all of the Garden State, at least during a recent traffic enforcement effort designed, among other things, to catch impaired drivers and have them arrested for and charged with DWI. Police officers from the…
Former “Melrose Place” Star Locane Tried in 2010 DWI-related Fatality in Montgomery County
According to news reports, witnesses in the fatal DWI traffic accident case against former “Melrose Place” actress Amy Locane stated that the TV star was found allegedly “giggling in a ditch” following the fatal 2010 drunken driving wreck that killed the driver and occupant of a second vehicle in June…