New Jersey DWI Law

 

Greggory M. Marootian, Esq. is a New Jersey Trial Attorney who concentrates on New Jersey DWI Defense and DWI Appeals throughout New Jersey. Mr. Marootian is not a general practitioner, not a proverbial “jack of all trades” - he does not handle real estate closings, injury cases, wills, murder cases, etc. His practice focus is the defense of NJ DWI charges and NJ DWI Appeals throughout New Jersey.


Mr. Marootian received his B.A. (Psychology) in 1987 from Fairleigh Dickinson University (Magna Cum Laude) where he was a member of the National Honor Society in Psychology. In 1986, as an Undergraduate, Mr. Marootian attended Harvard University (Summer Program) in Cambridge Massachusetts where he studied the Interaction between Law & Psychology. He received his Juris Doctorate (J.D.) degree in 1990 from Seton Hall University School of Law.

New Jersey DWI Trial & Appeal

Written by admin on February 15, 2010 – 12:32 pm -

In October 2009, I blogged about a NJ DWI trial I handled:

The State claimed a blood alcohol concentration of .25% through a direct blood draw (as opposed to a breath reading). The laboratory technician who analyzed my client’s blood was not called as a witness by the State (she was not available). I argued that based on the prevailing law, the certified laboratory result (purporting to show her blood alcohol concentration) was therefore inadmissible “hearsay.” (For a general definition of hearsay, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearsay) The Municipal Court rejected that argument, and over my strenuous objection, admitted the laboratory certificate into evidence.
My client appealed. In January of this year, I appeared before the Honorable Harold W. Fullilove in the Essex County Superior Court in Newark for the appeal hearing. Judge Fullilove reversed the ruling of the Municipal Court, and entered a Not Guilty finding to the DWI. The Court’s Letter Opinion and Order are attached. I have, out of respect and decorum, omitted the Municipal Court and the Judge.

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