Under the Influence: Responses of the New Jersey Supreme Court to Drunk Driving Cases--A Study of Management Influence on Judicial Decisions

Authors

Martin L. Haines

First Page

301

Document Type

Article

Abstract

This Article is not written in defense of drunk drivers - they have no defense. It is written in defense of due process, which the courts, by constitutional mandate, must provide to al defendants including drunk drivers. It is a mandate the New Jersey Supreme Court has ignored, thereby encouraging the appearance of an over-eagerness to convict. Too often, the court has curtailed the liberties of DWI defendants, speeding convictions, and therefore dispositions, to further the demands of efficiency.

Recommended Citation

Martin L. Haines, Under the Influence: Responses of the New Jersey Supreme Court to Drunk Driving Cases--A Study of Management Influence on Judicial Decisions, 6 St. Thomas L. Rev. 301 (1994).
Available at: https://scholarship.stu.edu/stlr/vol6/iss2/4