STATE v. THOMAS


855 A.2d 17 (2002)

372 N.J.Super. 29

STATE of New Jersey, v. Michael A. THOMAS. State of New Jersey, v. Santa I. Campos. State of New Jersey, v. Steven A. DiMaio. State of New Jersey, v. Charles J. Greway, Jr. State of New Jersey, v. Courtney P. Dorshimer. State of New Jersey, v. Louis Kanicki, Jr.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Criminal Part, Camden County.

Decided September 17, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew Spence, Assistant Prosecutor, for the State of New Jersey (Vincent P. Sarubbi, Camden County Prosecutor; Jennifer T. Kelley, Assistant Prosecutor, on the brief).

Evan M. Levow, Lutz, Levow, Costello & Mullen, Cherry Hill, for appellant Thomas.

Daniel Posternock, Moorestown, for appellant Campos.

Harvey M. Beran, for appellant DiMaio.

John A. Ferzetti, Marlton, for appellant Greway, Jr.

Thomas J. Shusted, Jr., Westmont, for appellant Dorshimer.

George R. Saponaro, for appellant Kanicki, Jr.


COOK, J.S.C.

This matter is before the Court on defendants' consolidated appeals of their driving while intoxicated (DWI) convictions in Pennsauken Municipal Court. They challenge the constitutionality of a sobriety checkpoint or roadblock on Thanksgiving Eve 2001, on State Highway Route 70 westbound in Pennsauken, where each was stopped and arrested for drunk driving, and seek suppression of the DWI evidence. Municipal Court Judge Piperno found that the roadblock...

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