STATE v. BADESSA


860 A.2d 962 (2004)

373 N.J. Super. 84

STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. James BADESSA, Defendant-Appellant.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided November 16, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacobs & Barbone, Atlantic City, for appellant (Louis M. Barbone, on the brief).

Jeffrey S. Blitz, Prosecutor of Atlantic County, for respondent (Danielle S. Buckley, Assistant County Prosecutor, of counsel and on the brief).

Before Judges PETRELLA, LINTNER and PARKER.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

PARKER, J.A.D.

In this appeal, defendant challenges the stop of his vehicle after he made a lawful turn at an intersection within a two-block DWI checkpoint zone. He argues that, in the absence of signs prohibiting turns, the police lacked probable cause to stop his vehicle and that evidence of his refusal to submit to a breathalyzer test after the stop should have been suppressed.

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