New Jersey DUI Stops

Posted on February 12, 2009 by Dan Jaffe

New Jersey criminal and DUI lawyer John Marshall recently blogged about a New Jersey DUI Case that determined the issue of failing to maintain a lane of travel as a reason for a stop.

In his blog post, Mr. Marshall says:

The overall flavor of the decision is that reasonable and articulable suspicion to support a stop for failure to maintain lane exists where an individual leaves his lane of traffic for no apparent reason.  This type of standard is problematic from the perspective of a defense lawyer since, for example, in-car cameras only come into play when an officer activates his lights and makes the decision to stop a vehicle.

I agree with Mr. Marshall. However, I also want to add that it is a luxury when officers video tape at all. In some states the defense doesn't even get that.

 

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