In a case captioned State v Federico, the NJ Appellate Division held that a defendant convicted of a DWI offense and multiple other traffic offenses may not be sentenced to more than 180 days in county jail. The court reasoned that it has been the long standing policy to cap…
A provision harsh provision of the Driving While Suspended law was recently repealed by the NJ legislature. Under the former NSJA 39:3-40(g), if a defendant’s license was suspended for failure to pay surcharges, the statute called for an additional $3000 fine to be paid to and collected by the Motor…