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Stiffer Penalties for New Jersey Repeat DUI Offenders Proposed

By Lependorf & Silverstein

New Jersey State Senate President Richard J. Codey has proposed imposing stiffer penalties on repeat drunk driving offenders. According to this news report in the Daily Record, Codey filed a package of bills in the Legislature recently including one bill that would make it a fourth-degree crime to drive under the influence while already suspended for a DUI conviction. These bills basically call for stiffer penalties for repeat New Jersey DUI offenders who have a blood alcohol content of 0.20 or higher. In New Jersey, it is an offense for adults 21 or over to drive a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol and with a blood alcohol content (BAC) of 0.08 percent or higher. The other aspect of Codey's proposal is that it would lead to jury trials only for those charged with DUI while already suspended for DUI...continue to full post

Full post as published by New Jersey Criminal Defense Blog on July 16, 2009 (boomark / email).