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Bellizia Law Office
395 Franklin Street
Bloomfield, NJ 07003
Tel: 973-202-6160
Fax: 973-743-2290
info@prosperlawoffice.com
If you have been charged with driving under the influence or driving while intoxicated in New Jersey, you may have been asked to take a breathalyzer or ALCO test without your attorney present. It is important to remember that it is your right to refuse to say anything, or take any further action that may be used against you in court. The police have one goal after charging you with DUI, and that is to get you to incriminate yourself.
If you are defending a DUI / DWI charge in New Jersey, it is important to retain an attorney with experience in the local courts. Contrary to most other states, in New Jersey, drunk driving cases are prosecuted in municipal courts before a judge sitting without a jury. You need someone familiar with the local custom and courts, like Mr. Bellizia.
DWI is a serious offense in New Jersey. The Court must impose mandatory license suspensions, fines, surcharges and in certain cases, jail. The New Jersey Division of Motor Vehicles must also impose a mandatory insurance surcharge from $3,000 to $3,500. A permanent record of the DWI conviction is also entered on the Drivers Abstract maintained by the New Jersey Division of Motor Vehicles. Penalties differ depending upon whether the offense is a first, second or subsequent offense.
DUI/DWI Defenses
Also, if your blood alcohol concentration is 0.10% or higher then the statute imposes even greater penalties, including longer periods of incarceration and loss of license.
Mr. Bellizia recognizes the severity of mandatory fines, suspensions and surcharges, as well as the practical problems posed by the possible loss of your driver’s license. Although he cannot guarantee the outcome of any case, he will explore all possible defenses and will vigorously and aggressively defend each and every case.