DWI Defeated by 20 Minute Observation Rule
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I successfully represented a client recently in Morristown Municipal Court who was charged with drunk driving. The client was charged with a first offense DWI with a .13% BAC breath test reading.
As a result, the defendant was facing a seven (7) month to one (1) year license suspension as well as several other tickets including reckless driving.
After reviewing the discovery, Travis was able to isolate a twenty-minute observation issue which led to the breath test readings being suppressed.
In New Jersey, State v. Chun requires that a law enforcement officer observe a defendant arrested for DWI for twenty (20) minutes uninterrupted just prior to the defendant submitting a breath sample on the Alcotest machine. The reason for this twenty-minute observation period is that if a defendant eats anything, chews gum, smokes a cigarette, vomits, etc. then the defendant’s mouth alcohol level will be affected and the breath testing machine will not produce a reliable breath reading.
Based on this issue, our client received a three-month driver’s license suspension and all the other tickets were dismissed, pursuant to the plea agreement.






