STATE v. ZADROGA

A-22 September Term 2022 087156.

299 A.3d 731 (2023)

255 N.J. 114

STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Stephen A. ZADROGA, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided August 9, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott M. Welfel , Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant ( Joseph E. Krakora , Public Defender, attorney; Scott M. Welfel, of counsel and on the briefs).

Leonardo Rinaldi , Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for respondent ( Esther Suarez , Hudson County Prosecutor, attorney; Colleen Kristan Signorelli , Assistant Prosecutor, on the briefs).

Oleg Nekritin argued the cause for amicus curiae Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey (Law Offices of Robert J. De Groot, and Ziegler Law Group, attorneys; Oleg Nekritin, East Hanover, and Jason LeBoeuf , East Orange, on the brief).

William P. Cooper-Daub , Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for amicus curiae Attorney General of New Jersey ( Matthew J. Platkin , Attorney General, attorney; William P. Cooper-Daub, of counsel and on the brief).


This case arises from a head-on collision on Paterson Plank Road in Jersey City. Defendant was driving 85 to 88 miles per hour three seconds before the crash; the posted speed limit was 25 miles per hour. The winding road had one lane in each direction. There was evidence that defendant's...

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