The New Jersey Attorney General's office has released records from 20,000 DUI cases dating back to 2008, potentially impacting convictions due to faulty breathalyzer calibration by a former state police sergeant. The records aim to assist individuals seeking to challenge their arrests or convictions based on unreliable Alcotest device results.
The state Attorney General’s office has publicized records connected to 20,000 drunken driving cases as an aid to people who wish to challenge their arrest or conviction. The cases are from 2008 to 2016 and were possibly tainted by the breath tests administered by police officers who were using devices that may not have been properly calibrated by a now-imprisoned former state police sergeant, Marc Dennis.
that the results of the tests on Alcotest machines were unreliable and not admissible in criminal or municipal court. The machines register the blood-alcohol level of accused drunken drivers, and are often called breathalyzers. The first document the state published is a spreadsheet of every sample made on an affected Alcotest machine from Nov. 5, 2008, and April 9, 2019. It is called S-152 andThe second is a database of PDF files showing the calibration records of the machines, which authorities say the sergeant calibrated, but did not follow protocols. It is called the Dennis Calibration Repository andAnyone who believes they are entitled to reexamine their case, called post-conviction relief, is advised to contact their attorney or public defender, and contact the municipal court administrator where their case was heard. The first document, S-152, contains all information from DWI cases except the suspect’s names, and can be compared against the second list. If data matches with the calibration reports, it will, “deemed proof beyond a reasonable doubt of whether a defendant’s prior DWI conviction is a Dennis-affected matter,” the New Jersey Supreme Court determined in an August 2024 decision,The State Police suspended Dennis in late 2016 on suspicions he lied about testing the Alcotest machines, which he was performing while assigned to the Alcohol Drug Testing Unit. An investigation would eventually see him charged with two separate accusations. While suspended, Dennis, who lived in Waretown at the time, was required to hand over all his State Police identifications. He did, except for one, which he held onto after reporting his wallet stolen in early 2016. From 2016 to 2018, though, he flashed that identification identifying him as an active trooper nine times when pulled over in several Monmouth and Ocean counties towns – including Marlboro, Toms River, Berkeley Township and Lakehurst. Authorities indicted him in 2019 on six crimes: three counts of official misconduct, two tampering with public records and theft of public records, for the ID and the Alcotest allegations. Dennis went on trial in 2022 in Monmouth County and a jury acquitted him of three charges, including the tampering counts. It found him guilty of two misconduct counts, one for committing a “pattern” of misconduct and theft of a public record – for using the ID to get out of police stops. A judge The 53-year-old Dennis is currently serving his time in a South Jersey prison and has a parole eligibility date in May 2027, records show.Trump’s J6 pardons freed N.J. man despite longer prison term for ammo possessionkshea@njadvancemedia.com If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation.and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our
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