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State v. Sylvia

SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY APPELLATE DIVISION
Feb 21, 2012
DOCKET NO. A-2598-10T1 (App. Div. Feb. 21, 2012)

Opinion

DOCKET NO. A-2598-10T1

02-21-2012

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. EDWARD F. SYLVIA, JR., Defendant-Appellant.

Levow & Associates, P.A., attorneys for appellant (Evan M. Levow, of counsel and on the brief; Sandra Battista, on the brief). Sean F. Dalton, Gloucester County Prosecutor, attorney for respondent (Joseph H. Enos, Jr., Assistant Prosecutor, on the brief).


NOT FOR PUBLICATION WITHOUT THE

APPROVAL OF THE APPELLATE DIVISION

Before Judges Grall and Skillman.

On appeal from Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Gloucester County, Municipal Appeal No. A-18-10.

Levow & Associates, P.A., attorneys for appellant (Evan M. Levow, of counsel and on the brief; Sandra Battista, on the brief).

Sean F. Dalton, Gloucester County Prosecutor, attorney for respondent (Joseph H. Enos, Jr., Assistant Prosecutor, on the brief). PER CURIAM

Following trial de novo on the record of the East Greenwich Township Municipal Court, the Law Division judge found defendant Edward F. Sylvia, Jr. guilty of driving while under the influence. N.J.S.A. 39:4-50. The judge sentenced defendant to two days in jail to be served at the Intoxicated Driver Resource Center, imposed a $500 fine, a $50 VCCB penalty, a $75 SNSF assessment, a $200 DWI surcharge and $33 for court costs, suspended his license for two years, and required installation of an ignition interlock device for one year.

Defendant does not contest the lawfulness of the traffic stop or dispute probable cause warranting submission to the Alcotest that resulted in a .18 reading. Nor does he challenge the sanctions imposed. He presents these issues:

I. THE COURT ERRED WHEN IT DID NOT SUPPRESS APPELLANT'S BREATH RESULTS AS SIGNIFICANT QUESTIONS EXISTED SURROUNDING THE PROPER FUNCTIONING OF THE ALCOTEST MACHINE.
II. APPELLANT WAS DENIED AN OPPORTUNITY TO TEST THE RELIABILITY OF THE BREATH RESULTS DUE TO INCOMPLETE DATA SUPPLIED, THUS DENYING APPELLANT DUE PROCESS.
III. THE COURT ERRED IN CONVICTING APPELLANT BECAUSE THE STATE FAILED TO PROVE BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT THAT APPELLANT VIOLATED N.J.S.A. 39:4-50.

After considering the record, including the testimony of defendant's expert witness, we affirm substantially for the reasons stated by Judge Marshall in his written opinion of December 7, 2010 and his oral opinion of December 3, 2010.

Affirmed.


Summaries of

State v. Sylvia

SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY APPELLATE DIVISION
Feb 21, 2012
DOCKET NO. A-2598-10T1 (App. Div. Feb. 21, 2012)
Case details for

State v. Sylvia

Case Details

Full title:STATE OF NEW JERSEY, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. EDWARD F. SYLVIA, JR.…

Court:SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY APPELLATE DIVISION

Date published: Feb 21, 2012

Citations

DOCKET NO. A-2598-10T1 (App. Div. Feb. 21, 2012)