STATE v. McCARTHY


123 N.J. Super. 513 (1973)

303 A.2d 626

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF, v. JAMES J. McCARTHY, JR., DEFENDANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Essex County Court, Law Division — Criminal.

Decided April 6, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James Fagan, Assistant Prosecutor of Essex County, for plaintiff (Mr. Joseph P. Lordi, Essex County Prosecutor, attorney).

Mr. Joseph E. Fund for defendant.

Mr. David S. Baime, Deputy Attorney General, for Mr. George F. Kugler, Jr., Attorney General of New Jersey, amicus curiae (Mr. Alfred J. Luciani on the brief).


ANTELL, J.C.C.

On this motion to suppress the results of a Breathalyzer test in a drunken driving prosecution, N.J.S.A. 39:4-50, the defendant's claim of invalidity rests upon the assertion that his prior arrest without a warrant was illegal because performed by a police officer who was then acting outside the territorial limits of the municipality where he held his appointment and where the offense occurred.

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