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Morris County Municipal Judge Dwi Trial

A New Jersey superior court judge ordered a Morris County municipal court judge to never serve in public office again after he tried to use his official judge position to convince a law enforcement officer not to arrest him for drunken driving.

George Korpita, who was a municipal judge in Dover, New Jersey, was sentenced to give up his judgeship and to serve 100 days of community service, three years’ probation and time at a substance abuse inpatient program. The judge failed five sobriety tests at the scene of the traffic stop and blew a 0.22 on the blood-alcohol test. That is three times the New Jersey legal blood-alcohol level for driving of 0.08.

The superior court ruled that Korpita should not serve prison time for using his public position to attempt to avoid the DWI arrest. The entire incident came about after a concerned driver noticed a car that wasn’t moving from an intersection after the light turned green. That driver called police, and Korpita reportedly showed the officer his identification as a city judge and told him that he’s okay to drive.

New Jersey DWI Rules

Each state has its own rules regarding driving while intoxicated. In New Jersey, it is against state law to be driving a motorized vehicle with a blood-alcohol level of 0.08 percent or greater. The blood-alcohol zero-tolerance level in New Jersey is 0.01 percent or greater. In addition, if a driver refuses to take a blood-alcohol test in New Jersey, his license is automatically suspended for six months.

Hiring a New Jersey DWI Criminal Attorney

Determining whether to hire a New Jersey DWI criminal attorney is a matter of personal choice and depends on the situation.

If a driver is stopped for drunken driving, some DWI criminal attorneys advise that he should take the field sobriety test required of the stopping officer. Some New Jersey DWI criminal attorneys claim that the breath test administered by most officers may not be completely accurate, but if the driver refuses to take the test, it’s a mandatory six-month license suspension.

If the driver’s blood-alcohol content is over 0.08, the driver likely is taken into custody and brought to a police station until someone can pick him up, or until the driver can sober up. The vehicle may also be impounded for a period of time after the incident in New Jersey.