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Even though the defendant suggests innocent connotations for each of these factors individually, "it is not fatal to the State's case that these, or other speculative circumstances, permit of some other rational explanation of defendant's conduct or fail to exclude...

The three-judge panel continued in relevant part: On de novo review, the Law Division upheld defendant's DWI conviction. The Law Division judge held that the admission of the blood sample certificate and the State Police laboratory documents did not violate the...

The Court continued in relevant part: After being supplied with the defense expert's report, the municipal prosecutor stipulated to its admission. The prosecutor also stipulated that the State could not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that defendant's blood alcohol...

The Court continued in relevant part: The results reported on Exhibit S-5 showed that defendant's blood alcohol content was 0.103%, a concentration above the legal limit. These findings were essentially consistent with the corresponding worksheets admitted into...

The Court continued in relevant part: Exhibit S-2 further recites, in pre-printed language, that the specimen was "given to the requesting law enforcement officer" and "was taken pursuant to Section 1 of the New Jersey Public Law 1986, Chapter 189 7, and was taken in...

The Appellate Division continued in relevant part: Gallant handed the blood vials to Officer Knepper. He took them immediately to the Hawthorne Police Headquarters and placed them in an evidence refrigerator. Thereafter, Hawthorne Police Detective Robert King removed...

The three-judge panel continued in relevant part: Defendant's admission that he had consumed five beers and the other observed characteristics of him and the accident scene led the officer to conclude that defendant was intoxicated. The officer...

The Appellate Division continued in relevant part: At about 1:35 a.m. on March 18, 2005, defendant Adam J. Kent lost control of his Lincoln automobile while driving on Rae Avenue in Hawthorne. The Lincoln jumped a curb and flipped over onto its roof, landing in the...

The next case to address confrontation clause issues is the Passaic County case of State v. Kent (App. Div. 2007). Judge Sabatino wrote for the three-judge appellate panel in relevant part: This drunk driving case presents another instance concerning the admissibility...

The Appellate panel continued in relevant part. We likewise reject defendant's claim under Point II that the taking of his blood over his objection violated his rights under the Fourth Amendment. Here, unlike in Ravotto, defendant never expressly refused to give a...