NC I worked a DUI case in NJ years ago, for the defense it was a friend of mine who had just lost his 29yo wife to 2 years worth of Cancer Hell. He went out got pulled over leaving the bar, he didn't even get a 1/2 mile away before he was given the test. He blew a .10 (the limit at the time) he was then taken to the State Police station and every half hour given the test again until he blew a .12. This was nuts because he only lived 2 miles from the bar. Considering the circumstances he used to work for the Ct State Police Narcotics Unit I felt he should have been given a courtesy ride home. I ended up getting the head scientist that had just retired from the NJSP crime lab, Dr Saferstein who certified the machines for the State's use to write a letter and testify the guy was really working with solvents all day (he's was and is now a carpenter) and was staining cabinets. This could add .01 to .012 to the test, the machine had not been recently calibrated (the one they used on the car stop) adding another .01 in to question and the procedure of taking him back to the station and re-testing until he blew over the limit was questionable. He had passed the REM test and all physical tests after the stop. We ended up getting the charges of DUI dropped and he got a Careless driving ticket. He hasn't driven drunk or buzzed since, that was 1988. The case was sealed because NJ has almost no DUI cases overturned in Court and the Judge and State Police didn't want the letter being used by other's the Doc took loads of heat for his testimony but he owed me a favor. I do not advocate DUI this was a really personal special case for me.
Bill
