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IN THE
Supreme Court of the GAnited States
OcTOBER TERM, 1988
MELVIN R. BLANTON and MARK D. FRALEY,
Petitioners,
a,
CITY OF NORTH LAS VEGAS, NEVADA,
Respondent.
ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA
BRIEF AND APPENDIX OF AMICUS CURIAE
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
IN SUPPORT OF RESPONDENT
Boris Moczula W. Cary Edwards
Attorney of Record Attorney Ceneral of New Jersey
Hughes Justice Complex
Boris Moczula Trenton, New Jersey 08625
Larry R. Etzweiler
Cherrie Madden Black
Deputy Attorneys General
Division of Criminal Justice
Hughes Justice Complex
CNO86
Trenton, New Jersey 08625
(609) 292-9086
Of Counsel and
on the Brief
September 2, 1988
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PRESS OF BYRON 8. ADAMS, WASHINGTON, D.C. (202) 347-8203
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POINT III TO THE EXTENT THAT FAC-
APPENDICES:
APPENDIX A
APPENDIX B
APPENDIX C
APPENDIX D
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NEW JERSEY STATUTES,
COURT RULES, AND CONSTI-
TUTIONAL PROVISIONS CITED
IN THIS BRIEF .........ccccceeeeeeeeeeees
STATES THAT DO NOT REC-
OGNIZE A CONSTITUTIONAL
RIGHT TO JURY TRIALS FOR
FIRST OFFENSE DRUNK
DRIVING .ccoccccccccccscsssosossssosossceseees
STATES IN WHICH THE MAX-
IMUM AUTHORIZED PERIOD
OF CONFINEMENT FOR FIRST
OFFENSE DRUNK DRIVING
EXCEEDS THE BALDWIN
THRESHOLD ..........ccceeseeeereeeereeees
STATES WHICH PROVIDE
JURY TRIALS FOR FIRST OF-
FENSE DRUNK DRIVING FOR
WHICH THE AUTHORIZED
TERM OF CONFINEMENT IS
LESS THAN THE BALDWIN
THRESHOLD ...........se0eereeeerreeereees
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TABLE OF CITATIONS
CASES CITED Page
— |} | v. City Court of Mesa, 135 Ariz. 549,
P.2d 938 (1983) wl itiaeiaeinametpntansiniecessescase 22
Argersinger v. Hamlin, 407 U.S. 25 (1972) ........... )
Baldwin v. New York, 399 U.S. 66
TED seniietensnenensecnetsenssseenessessssccesscesese 4,6,8,9,11,23,27
Bearden v. Georgia, 461 U.S. 660 (1983) .............. 14
Bell v. Burson, 402 U.S. 535 (1971) .............0.... 13
Blanton v. North Las Vegas Municipal Court, 103
Nev. 135, 748 P.2d “494 | ll
ee ee See ©. Dev. ,
quanensesenesecessssssscsessssssscscsssossescccccescccococeccese l
Callan v. Wilson, 127 U.S. 540 (1888) .................. 6,7
Cheff v. Schnackenberg, 384 U.S. 373 (1966) ......... 6
Clark v. New . Div. of Motor Vehicles, 211
512 A.2d 588 (App. Div.
I UaasstNernceierinerencnenesennnsnscccooeecse 13
Codispoti v. Pennsylvania, 418 U.S. 506 (1974) .. eS)
a Columbia v. Clawans, 300 U.S. 617 esas
District of Columbia v. Colts, 282 U.S. 63
II tidliisteieneereeietntneeenesenessccenececcscceseeeces 6,7,9,15,20
Duncan v. Louisiana, 391 U.S. 145
EE 4,6,8,9,10,11,25
Frank v. United States, 395 U.S. 147 (1969) ........ 4,6,8
In re Jones & oe a Hi Pension Plan v.
P LTV Corp., F.2d 1 Cir. 1987) ....... 26
ustiniano Matos v. ed ing 440 F.
673 (DPR. 1976) vncccrncecrccceccssee oni
(une tndiane 36, 107 S.Ct. 353
v. Hoepfner, 840 F.2d 1201 (5th Cir. 1988)
ee panie fr ent. filed June 13,
a 9,14,16,20,21,25
Mackey v. Montrym, 443 U.S. 1 (1979) cccccccccsco 13
iv
Martin v. Ohio, 480 U.S. 228, 107 S.Ct. 1098 (1987),
reh'g denied 107 S.Ct. 1913 (1987) ............000++ 23
Mathews v. Eldridge, 424 U.S. 319 (1976) ............. 26
McMillan v. Pennsylvania, 477 U.S. 79 (1986) ..... 17,18
Natal v. Louisiana, 139 U.S. 621 (1891) ............... 6
New York v. Burger, 482 U.S. , 107 S.Ct. 2636
CRIED cecceccecesssssscnssssccsessscsssensscsnenssssesssnscnessseses 13
Patterson v. New York, 432 U.S. 197 (1977) ........ 23,26
Rothweiler v. Superior Court, 100 Ariz. 37, 410
PE GO GHD ccnscennsessens-<ensnennsssnssscesensscececcase 21
Rummel v. Estelle, 445 U.S. 263 (1980) ................ 17,23
Schick v. United States, 195 U.S. 65 (1904) .......... 7
Sedima, S.P.R.L., v. Imrezx Co., 473 U.S. 479
6 ee 12
Solem v. Helm, 463 U.S. 277 (1983) ......cccccccccceeeees 24
State ex rel Dean v. City Court of Tucson, 141 Ariz.
361, 687 P.2d 369 (Ct. App. 1984) ................. 16,21
State v. Abbott, 15 Or. App. 205, 514 P.2d 355
SR 22
State v. Dively, 92 N.J. 573, 458 A.2d 502
ee 20
State v. Ferretti, 189 N.J. . 578, 461 A.2d
193 (Law Div. 1 . den. 94 N.J. 606,
GRD Be Sd CD ceccecncemsseeene 1
State v. Linnehan, 197 N.J. Super. 41, 484 A.2d
34 ( Div. 1984), certif. den. 99 N.J. 236,
491 || a 1
State v. Maier, 13 N.J. 235, 99 A.2d 21 (1953).... 14,15
State v. Owens, 54 N.J. 153, 254 A.2d 97 (1969),
cert. denied 396 U.S. 1021 (1970) ................. 3,15,17
State v. , 91 N.J.L. 212, 102 A. 433 (E. &
Re 1,20
State v. Roenicke, 174 N.J. Super. 513, 417 A.2d
Jl) § eee 20
State v. i, 196 N.J. Super. 596, 483 A.2d 844
(Law 5 ee ee 1
Steadman v. Securities and Exchange Comm'n, 450
yy aaa 12
v
United States v. Craner, 652 F.2d 23 (9th Cir.
SII cnanacepentiensupensnmesenusemasnemepmiuainnepecntemsemes ll
United States v. Reed, 617 F. Supp. 792 (D.Md.
TEED ditnmindaipiciceadecpinapestaiipmmatitinaiiadinieienmmmenanas 20
United States v. Regan, 232 U.S. 37 (1914) .......... 12
Welsh v. Wisconsin, 466 U.S. 740 (1984) ............ 9,10,17
STATUTES CITED
N.J. Stat. Ann. sec. 2A:8-2la (West 1987) ............ l
N.J. Stat. Ann. sec. 2C:1-4 (West 1982) ...............
N.J. Stat. Ann. sec. 2C:43-3.la(2Ya) (West 1982 &
enemies an: SRT 3
N.J. Stat. Ann. sec. 2C:43-3c (West 1982 & Supp.
EEE Se enema 3
N.J. Stat. Ann. sec. 2C:43-8 (West 1982 & Supp.
ET LE eS eae meen 3
N.J. Stat. Ann. sec. 17:29A-35b(2) (West 1985 &
ee 2
N.J. Stat. Ann. sec. 39:3-40 (West 1973 & Supp.
TI iiiiintinianenetnisansnideipiainenttaiientpestemmeenincememmenss 18
N.J. Stat. Ann. sec. 39:4-50(aX1) (West 1973 &
RE ee 2
N.J. Stat. Ann. sec. 39:4-50(aX2) (West 1973 &
SERN EEDUETIED cnsvnesnnenemnennenetinteinnasenentassnesesensnsnscese 2
N.J. Stat. Ann. sec. 39:4-50(aX3) (West 1973 &
Ce ceenrecitccescnincesnisetticonmemnensscemccnessnsecs 1,2
N.J. Stat. Ann. sec. 39:4-50.8 (West Supp. 1988) . 2
RULES CITED
New Jersey Court Rule 2:2-B(aW1) .........cccccccccceeeeee l
New Jersey Court Rule 2:12-3a ............:ccccccccceeeeees l
New Jersey Court Rule 3:23-1 ............ccccccccccceeeneees l
New Jersey Court Rule 3:23-8 ..0.........ccccccccccceeeeeees 1
New Jersey Court Rule 7:6-1 .........cccccccccccecesceeeeeee 1
fF Gf
OTHER SOURCES CITED
Annot., Reckless Driving as Lesser Included Offense
a While Intoxicated or Similar
rge, 10 A.L.R. 4th 1252 (1981)............
Blakeslee, Scientists Find Key Biological Causes of
~ 7 pe N.Y. Times, Aug. 14, 1984, at Cl,
» By ccsnsccessssssessnssssessesussnssessssssssassnnssussscssasssseee
9 J. Wigmore, Evidence sec. 2498 (Chadbourn rev.
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INTEREST OF AMICUS CURIAE'
This case involves a determination of whether, under
Nevada state law, the offense of driving while intoxicated
constitutes a “serious” offense which entitles a defendant
jury under the United States Constitution.
Amicus, the State of New Jersey, has never provided jury
trials for drunk driving offenses, either at common law or
under statutory prescription. State v. Rodgers, 91 N.J.L.
212, 102 A. 433 (E. & A. 1917); State v. Linnehan, 197
N.J. Super. 41, 484 A.2d 34 (App. Div. 1984), certif. den.
.2d 723 (1985); State v. Zoppi, 196 N.J.
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law, defendants receive a bench trial in municipal court
(court of limited jurisdiction), after which they are entitled
to a trial de novo on the municipal court record in the
Superior Court (court of statewide jurisdiction). N.J. Stat.
Ann. § 2A:8-21a (West 1987) (App. A, p. la); New Jersey
Court Rules 7:6-1 (App. A, p. 15a); 3:23-1 (App. A, p. 13a); —
3:23-8 (App. A, p. 13a). Thereafter, a defendant may pur-
termediate appellate and request discretionary
review by the New Jersey Supreme Court. New Jersey
Court Rules 2:2-3(aX1) (App. A, p. 12a); 2:12-3a (App. A,
tion and application of this phrase ensure that 180 days is the maximum
v. Ferretti,
94 N.J. 606, 468 A.2d 238 (1983).
to reduction by up to ninety days of community service;
a $1000 fine; loss of driving privileges for ten years; a
motor vehicle insurance surcharge of $1500 per year for
three years; an additional $100 surcharge payable to a
Drunk Driving Enforcement Fund; and payment of an $80
fee for and screening by the Division of Alcoholism’s In-
toxicated Driving Programs Unit. N.J. Stat. Ann. §§ 39:4-
50(aX3) (West 1973 & Supp. 1988) (App. A, p. 6a); 39:4-
50.8 (West Supp. 1988) (App. A, p. lla); 17:29A-35b(2)
(West 1985 & Supp. 1988) (App. A, p. 3a). Second of-
fenders are subject to potential incarceration of ninety
days, two days of which are mandatory; thirty days. of
community service; between $500 and $1000 fine; and two
years’ license revocation. N.J. Stat. Ann. § 39:4-50(a\(2)
(West 1973 & Supp. 1988) (App. A, p. 6a). First offender
penalties include potential incarceration of thirty days; a
mandatory term of two consecutive days (at least six hours
per day) at an Intoxicated Driver Resource Center; $250
to $400 fine; and loss of license for a period between six
months and one year. N.J. Stat. Ann. § 39:4-50(aX1) (West
1973 & Supp. 1988) (App. A, p. 5a). Surcharges are also
applicable to first and second offenders at lower rates.
N.J. Stat. Ann. 17:29A-35b(2) (West 1985 & Supp. 1988).
As a result of these potential penalties, and a bar against
plea bargaining for drunk driving offenses, New Jersey’s
municipal courts are facing an ever-increasing caseload of
drunk driving prosecutions.’ Consequently, this Court’s ul-
timate resolution of the case at bar could substantially
*The New Jersey Administrative Office of the Courts reports that
in 1987, a total of 42,575 drunk driving cases were processed in the
municipal courts of New Jersey. Of that number, 8,429 trials were held.
There were also 294,121 dispositions of disorderly persons and petty
disorderly persons offenses in the municipal courts in 1987; of these
dispositions, 50,706 were trials. Finally, the aggregate number of crim-
inal trials for indictable offenses held in New Jersey superior courts
in 1987 was 2,050. Of this latter number, in only 174 did defendants
waive trial by jury. These figures demonstrate that granting jury trials
affect the enforcement of, and disposition of violators un-
der, the drunk driving law in this State.
Additionally, the maximum punishment for various dis-
orderly persons offenses in New Jersey is currently six
months’ incarceration, a $1000 fine and a $30 penalty pay-
able to the Violent Crimes Compensation Board. N.J. Stat.
Ann. §§ 2C:43-3c (West 1982 & Supp. 1988) (App. A, p.
2a); 2C:43-3.1a(2¥a) (West 1982 & Supp. 1988) (App. A,
p. 2a); 2C:43-8 (West 1982) (App. A, p. 2a). Although N.J.
Const. (1947) art. 1, para. 10 (App. A, p. 16a) guarantees
jury trials for crimes, both statute and case law limit the
definition of “‘crime’’ to those offenses carrying « maxi-
mum term of incarceration in excess of six months. State
v. Owens, 54 N.J. 153, 254 A.2d. 97 (1969), cert. denied
396 U.S. 1021 (1970); N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2C:1-4 (West 1982).
Thus, jury trials are not available for these disorderly per-
sons offenses. Notwithstanding petitioners’ professed in-
tent to isolate only the offense of driving while i: ‘oxicated
for purposes of their jury trial demand, it is clear that
any decision by this Court compelling a jury trial for any
offense—including Nevada's drunk driving offense—carry-
ing a term of incarceration of six months or less would
have far-reaching and disruptive implications for the pros-
ecution of a variety of offenses not only in this State, but
in many jurisdictions throughout the nation.
New Jersey maintains a strong interest in the efficient
and effective administration of its criminal justice system.
We therefore join as amicus in support of respondent's
assertion that petitioners are not entitled to jury trials and
urge this Court to affirm the judgment of the court below.
SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT
1. In defining the scope of the Sixth Amendment's right
to jury trial, this Court has long recognized that the right
for drunk driving—let alone for other “petty” offenses—would dra-
matically increase the number of offenses tried by jury in New Jersey.
does not extend to “petty’’ offenses, but is limited to
“serious” crimes. Although earlier decisions focused upon
the nature of the offense and whether it was indictable
at com,.i1on law, recent opinions—Duncan v. Louisiana, 391
U.S. 145 (1968); Frank v. United States, 395 U.S. 147
(1969); and Baldwin v. New York, 399 U.S. 66 (1970)—
have abandoned consideration of these factors in favor of
a relia..ce upon the penalties that might be imposed. Later
decisio: s have interpreted these cases as establishing a
bright line between “‘petty’”’ and “serious” offenses—a line
that coincides with the congressional maximum of six
months’ incarceration for federal petty offenses. The de-
velopment of this Court’s case law therefore evinces a
contemporary rule requiring jury trials only for offenses
carrying a maximum authorized term of confinement ex-
ceeding six months.
2. If it has not already done so, this Court should clearly
enunciate a bright line rule which would provide a con-
stitutional right to a jury trial if and only if the maximum
authorized term of incarceration exceeds six months. With-
out a bright line rule, the boundaries of the “petty” of-
fense category will remain ill-defined, and will impede the
prosecution of “‘petty” and “‘serious’’ offenses. Consider-
ation of factors other than incarceration render difficult
the formulation of a bright line rule; injection of subjective
and time-variable factors such as public perception of the
seriousness of the offense or other states’ classifications
of the offense render the “petty” versus “‘serious’’ analysis
particulary unstable. The maximum term of incarceration
is the most reliable indicator of the seriousness with which
a state views the offense and should be the only factor
relevant to a defendant’s right to a jury trial. This Court’s
case law allowing penalties other than incarceration to be
imposed by civil or administrative mechanisms supports a
rule excluding consideration of these penalties in deter-
mining whetiver an offense is “petty.” Due process limi-
tations upon a state’s ability to incarcerate defendants for
failure to pay a fine ensure that legislative bodies will not
choose short imprisonments and large fines to avoid jury
trials for “serious” offenses and thus support a rule con-
sidering only incarceration, and not fines, in the “pety
offense’ analysis. Problems associated with making mar-
datory minimum terms relevant for “petty offense’ na1-
ysis should foreclose deviation from this Court’s rule
focusing upon the maximum potential, rather than the ac-
tual term imposed.
3. Even without a bright line rule focusing upon the
maximum term of incarceration, the additional consider-
ations proposed by petitioners do not demonstrate their
entitlement to a trial by jury. Drunk driving was not in-
dictable at common law and is not an offense malum in
se. The existing laws and practices of other jurisdictions
with respect to drunk driving establish no clear national
consensus concerning the seriousness of this offense.
4. Nevada has a legitimate state interest in not provid-
ing jury trials for first-offender drunk drivers. Bench trials
are speedy and inexpensive, and fully protect petitioners’
constitutional rights. They also help to guarantee speedy
trials in the prosecution of all crimes.
LEGAL ARGUMENT
POINT I
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS COURT’S CASE
LAW EVINCES A CONTEMPORARY RULE RE-
QUIRING JURY TRIALS ONLY FOR OFFENSES
CARRYING A MAXIMUM AUTHORIZED TERM OF
INCARCERATION EXCEEDING SIX MONTHS.
The Sixth Amendment provides that “{iJn all criminal
prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right toa...
trial, by an impartial jury....” In defining the scope of
the Sixth Amendment’s guarantee, this Court has long
recognized that the right to trial by jury does not extend
to “petty” offenses but is limited to “serious’’ crimes.‘
The problem faced by this Court has been “to draw a line
in the spectrum of crime, separating petty from serious
infractions.”” Duncan v. Louisiana, 391 U.S. 145, 160-161
(1968). While this Court has from time to time considered
a variety of factors pertinent to this task, recent devel-
opments in this Court’s case law evince a contemporary
rule requiring jury trials only for offenses carrying a max-
imum authorized term of confinement exceeding six
months.
While the question concerning the exact location of the
line between “petty” and “‘serious’’ offenses arguably sur-
vived the Duncan decision, this Court did determine that
the crime at issue in Duncan, a crime punishable by two
years’ imprisonment, clearly fell on the “‘serious’’ side of
the line. Jd. at 161-162. Two years later, a three member
plurality of this Court, referring to Congress’s definition
of petty offenses, extended the jury trial rule of Duncan
to any state criminal offense in which the authorized period
of confinement exceeded six months. Baldwin v. New York,
399 U.S. 66 (1970). The Court’s treatment of this issue in
Duncan and Baldwin differed from this Court’s analyses
in prior cases.
In Callan v. Wilson, 127 U.S. 540 (1888), this Court
rejected the contention that the right to trial by jury was
limited to felonies or crimes by confinement in
a penitentiary. Id. at 549. Callan involved the crime of
, an offense indictable at common law. Given
the status of the offense at common law, the Callan Court
held that conspiracy could not be prosecuted summarily
* Baldwin v. New York, 399 U.S. 66 (1970); Frank v. United States,
395 U.S. 147 (1969); Duncan v. Louisiana, 391 U.S. 145 (1968); Cheff
v. Schnackenberg, 384 U.S. 373 (1966); District of Columbia v. Clawans,
300 U.S. 617 (1937); District of Columbia v. Colts, 282 U.S. 63 (1930);
Natal v. Lowisiana, 139 U.S. 621 (1891); Callan v. Wilson, 127 U.S.
540 (1888).
without benefit of trial by jury. Jd. at 556. The issue
surfaced again in Schick v. United States, 195 U.S. 65
(1904), which involved a prosecution for violation of a rev-
enue statute. After noting that both the nature of the
offense and the authorized punishment indicated only a
petty offense, the Court, relying on Callan, again empha-
concerning the right to trial by jury “in the light of the
common law.” Schick, 195 U.S. at 69. Finally, in District
of Columbia v. Colts, 282 U.S. 63 (1930), this Court de-
termined that since reckless driving was an offense in-
dictable at common law, the accused was entitled to trial
by jury.
In District of Columbia v. Clawans, 300 U.S. 617 (1937),
this Court confronted the issue in the context of an offense
not indictable at common law. The defendant in Clawans
was charged with dealing in secondhand property without
a license, an offense punishable by ninety days’ impris-
onment. Jd. at 623. Having determined that the offense
was not indictable at common law, this Court conceded
that an otherwise “trivial” statutory offense may, by vir-
tue of “the severity of the penalty,”’ acquire the status of
a “serious” offense entitling the accused to trial by jury.
Id. at 625. This Court thus turned to the question whether
a nonindictable offense may be brought within the realm
of crimes for which the accused is entitled to trial by jury
solely by virtue of the authorized punishment. Jd. By ref-
erence to the common law, in this case to English and
Colonial statutes in existence at the time the Constitution
was adopted, this Court discerned that an authorized pe-
riod of confinement in excess of ninety days was not an
uncommon punishment for petty offenses tried summarily.
Id. at 626-627. In resolving the issue whether a given
penalty could elevate an otherwise “‘petty’’ offense to the
“serious” category, this Court noted:
[W]e may doubt whether summary trial with pun-
ishment of more than six months’ imprisonment,
prescribed by some pre-Revolutionary statutes, is
admissible, without concluding that a penalty of
ninety days is too much. Doubts must be re-
solved, not subjectively by recourse of the judge
to his own sympathy and emotions, but by ob-
jective standards such as may be observed in the
laws and practices of the community taken as a
gauge of its social and ethical judgments.
Congress itself, by measuring the punishment in
this case in conformity to the commonly accepted
standard when the Constitution was adopted, and
declaring that it should be applied today unless
found to transgress constitutional limitations, has
expressed its deliberate judgment that the pun-
ishment is not too great to be summarily admin-
istered. [Clawans, 300 U.S. at 627-628].
In Duncan, this Court, continuing the evolving theme
of Clawans, did not refer to the common law status of
the charged offense, but relied exclusively upon the length
of the authorized prison term. In other words, this Court
declined to determine whether simple battery constituted
an indictable offense at common law, observing instead
that “the penalty authorized for a particular crime is of
major relevance in determining whether it is serious or
not” and noting that the authorized penalty “‘may be taken
‘as a gauge of [the locality’s] social and ethical judgments’
of the crime in question.”” Duncan, 391 U.S. at 159, 160
(citation omitted).
Frank v. United States, 395 U.S. 147 (1969), echoed the
Duncan Court’s search for an objective benchmark of se-
riousness. Referring to Clawans and Duncan, this Court
identified the severity of authorized punishment as “(t]he
most relevant indication of the seriousness of an offense
.... 395 U.S. at 148. Moving in the same direction in
Baldwin, this Court again did not concern itself with the
question whether the crime of “‘jostling’’ was an indictable
offense at common law, but found the authorized one year
sentence to constitute the most relevant indication of the
seriousness of the crime. 399 U.S. at 69. Significantly, the
Baldwin Court went on to hold that no offense carrying
an authorized penalty in excess of six months can be char-
acterized as “‘petty” for purposes of the right to trial by
jury. Id. at 73-74. Subsequent decisions of this Court have
interpreted Duncan and its progeny as establishing a bright
line between “‘petty’’ and “serious” offenses—a line that
coincides with the congressional maximum of six months’
imprisonment for federal petty offenses. Codispoti v. Penn-
sylvania, 418 U.S. 506, 512 (1974). See Welsh v. Wisconsin,
466 U.S. 740, 754 n.14 (1984) (penalty for particular of-
fense provides clearest and most consistent indication of
State’s interest in arresting individual for a given offense);
Argersinger v. Hamlin, 407 U.S. 25, 29 (1972).
Three points can be gleaned from the relevant case law.
First, perhaps due to the emergence of statutory offenses
unknown to the common law, this Court has moved away
from assessments of the common law nature of the of-
fense, see Colts and Callan, as the determinative, or even
a relevant factor concerning the right to trial by jury. See
Landry v. Hoepfner, 840 F.2d 1201, 1209 (5th Cir. 1988)
(en banc), petition for cert. filed June 13, 1988; Justiniano
Matos v. Gaspar Rodriguez, 440 F. Supp. 673, 676-677
(D.P.R. 1976). Second, this Court has never deemed an
of the other considerations which appear to have played
a role in the early decisions of this Court has ever been
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imum custodial penalty authorized for a given offense.
Welsh v. Wisconsin 466 U.S. at 754 n.14; Duncan v. Lou-
isiana, 391 U.S. at 160.
This Court should maintain the course charted in its
recent cases and apply a bright line rule of six months’
incarceration to determine which offenses are “‘petty’’ and
which offenses are ‘‘serious’’ for purposes of Sixth Amend-
ment jury trial analysis. Even if a rule of this nature is
not preordained by this Court’s decisional authority, it
should now be adopted as the most sensible and workable
manner of deciding whether petitioners are entitled to jury
trials.
POINT II
THIS COURT SHOULD ENUNCIATE A BRIGHT
LINE RULE PROVIDING A RIGHT TO JURY TRIAL
ONLY IF THE MAXIMUM AUTHORIZED TERM OF
INCARCERATION EXCEEDS SIX MONTHS.
Amicus State of New Jersey urges this Court clearly
to enunciate a bright line rule which would provide a con-
stitutional right to a jury trial if and only if the maximum
authorized term of incarceration exceeds six months.’ All
other factors, including the maximum authorized fine, the
collateral consequences of conviction (including license sus-
pension), factors intrinsic to the proscribed conduct (in-
cluding whether it was indictable at common law) and
statutory requirements for a minimum term of incarcer-
ation should be irrelevant. Several policy considerations
support the explicit adoption of this bright line rule. The
rule, if not compelled by this Court’s case law, is certainly
consistent with it and logically follows from it.
* However, we support the exception noted in Duncan v. Louisiana,
391 U.S. 145, 162 n.35 (1968), for the offense of contempt of court,
under which the penalty actually imposed, rather than the maximum
authorized penalty, is the determinative factor. That exception and the
reasons for it are not generally applicable, and are not germane to
this case.
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There is a need for a bright line rule. Without it, “the
boundaries of the petty offense category .. . [will remain]
ill-defined, if not ambulatory.” Duncan v. Louisiana, 391
U.S. 145, 160 (1968). The states’ (and the federal govern-
ment’s) interest in prosecuting both “‘serious’’ and “petty”
offenses is too important to admit uncertainty as to
whether a given offense is “serious,”’ thus requiring a jury
trial, or “petty,”’ thus subject to “speedy and inexpensive
nonjury adjudications.” Baldwin v. New York, 399 U.S.
66, 73 (1970). Under the various amorphous tests proposed
by petitioners, the uncertainty is omnipresent; even this
Court’s adjudication today that a given offense is ‘‘petty”
would not necessarily be valid next year if, in the inter-
vening period, the public perception of the seriousness of
the offense changed. (Petitioners’ brief at 19-20). Without
and state judiciary (as has occurred in Nevada) would be
inevitable. Compare United States v. Craner, 652 F.2d 23
(9th Cir. 1981) and Bronson v. Swinney, 648 F. Supp. 1094
(D. Nev. 1986) with Blanton v. North Las Vegas Municipal
Court, 103 Nev. 135, 748 P.2d 494 (1987). It is difficult
for prosecutors to prosecute if they are uncertain regard
ing something so elementary as whether a jury is neces
sary. In this aspect of the law, this Court has noted the
wisdom of employing “objective criteria,” Duncan v. Low
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if the failure is blameless because the defendant cannot
afford to pay. Cf. Landry v. Hoepfner, 840 F.2d 1201,
1216 n.30 (5th Cir. 1988) (en banc). However, this Court's
opinion in Bearden v. Georgia, 461 U.S. 660 (1983), ensures
that a defendant who cannot afford to pay will not be
incarcerated for that failure unless other penological al-
ternatives are inadequate; and in any event the aggregate
term of incarceration for the offense and for the failure
to pay cannot exceed the statutory maximum for the of-
fense (which for petty offenses is six months). The dimin-
ishing effectiveness of increasing fines, occasioned by the
diminishing class of defendants who can afford to pay them
and Bearden’s due process limitations upon incarceration
difficulty and differences in opinions among legal scholars.
.. State v. Maier, 13 N.J. 235, 251-252, 99 A.2d
1953). In any event, difficulty in application is not
15
“Our Constitution was not intended to consecrate the
common law’s treatment of any specific misconduct and
thus to bar legislative revaluation of it in the light of
changing conditions and mores.” State v. Owens, 54 N.J.
153, 159, 254 A.2d 97, 100 (1969), cert. denied 396 U.S.
slight offense,” and persons victimized by the offensive
(but nevertheless petty) conduct are “‘without the redress
that the law contemplated would be accorded [them].’’ State
v. Maier, 13 N.J. at 243, 99 A.2d at 25.°
An example of the need for revaluation of conduct in-
dictable under the common law may be found in this
Court’s opinion in District of Columbia v. Colts, 282 U.S.
indictable offense at common law. .. when horses, instead
of gasoline, constituted the motive power.” Jd. at 73. The
Court thus concluded that the vehicular infraction of reck-
less driving was indictable at common law, id., yet surely
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16
Indeed, amicus State of New Jersey respectfully sug-
gests that this Court’s valuation of the nature of reckless
driving fifty-eight years ago in Colts has not withstood the
test of time. Many jurisdictions today do not treat reckless
driving as a “serious” offense. See State ex rel Dean v.
City Court of Tucson, 141 Ariz. 361, 363, 687 P.2d 369,
371 (Ct. App. 1984\“{W]je do not believe that reckless
driving is today considered to be ‘an act of such obvious
depravity that to characterize it as a petty offense would
be to shock the general moral sense.’ ’’ (quoting Colts));
Justiniano Matos v. Gaspar Rodriguez, 440 F. Supp. 673,
677 (D.P.R. 1976) (“At the present day, all men and women
travel much more rapidly than was possible in the eight-
eenth century’’). See generally Annot. Reckless Driving as
Lesser Included Offense of Driving While Intoxicated or
Similar Charge, 10 A.L.R. 4th 1252 (1981). Petitioners
and amici A.C.L.U., by invoking the “indictable at com-
mon law” test, ignore the dynamic social trends which
have ameliorated society’s attitudes towards reckless driv-
ing, yet purport to rely upon the same dynamic social
trends in arguing that society’s contemporary condemna-
tion of drunk driving renders it “serious” independent of
its penalties.
Petitioners would also have this Court consider how so-
ciety views the offense, and whether it is malum in se or
malum prohibitum. These social judgments are best left
to the legislatures. It is not to “involve judges in
i
sentence. Legislatures ... are far better equipped to per-
form the task . . [being] more responsive to changes in
attitude and more amenable to the recognition and cor-
rection of their misperceptions in this respect.”” Landry v.
Hoepfner, 840 F.2d at 1209. Moreover, it is not useful for
a court ‘‘to sample popular opinion to determine how much
stigma is attributed to each act of misconduct and there-
upon to decide, in some way which escapes us, whether
17
an offense is more than petty notwithstanding the statute
has so treated it. It is for the Legislature alone to assay
the public’s judgment, and the Legislature does so when
it prescribes the legal consequences ... "’ State v. Owens,
54 N.J. at 160, 254 A.2d at 101.
To argue that this Court’s case law has mandated con-
sideration of factors other than penalties is to confuse the
goal with the means by which it is accomplished. Admit-
tedly, this Court’s case law concerning the right to trial
by jury has in the past considered factors such as whether
the conduct was indictable at common law, but even then
the sole purpose was to gauge the seriousness of the of-
fense. Offenses serious in sixteenth century England are
not necessarily serious today; and offenses serious in Cal-
ifornia are not necessarily serious in Arizona. Rummel v.
Estelle, 445 U.S. 263, 281-282 (1980). “[Tjhe classification
of state crimes differs widely among the states,”’ Welsh
v. Wisconsin, 466 U.S. 740, 754 n.14 (1984), and this is
entirely proper in our federal system. Thus, “the penalty
that may attach to any particular offense seems to provide
the clearest and most consistent indication of the State’s
{evaluation of its seriousness].”” Jd. This is therefore the
factor which should determine the right to trial by jury.
Finally, petitioners argue that an offense not otherwise
“serious” might become so if the statute (like the Nevada
drunk driving statute) requires a mandatory minimum jail
term. Aside from contempt proceedings, see supra note
5, this Court has always hinged its ‘petty offense’’ analysis
upon the maximum potential term of incarceration, rather
than the term actually imposed, and thus an offense car-
rying a maximum term of six months should be “‘petty’’
regardless of statutory requirements for imposition of a
minimum term. A statutory requirement for a minimum
term “operates solely to limit the sentencing court’s dis-
cretion in selecting a penalty within the ...’’ petty offense
range, McMillan v. Pennsylvania, 477 U.S. 79, 88 (1986),
18
and should not serve to transform an otherwise “petty’’
offense into one which is “serious,”
Injection of custodial minima into the “petty offense”
analysis, and the consequential abandonment of the rule
hinging that analysis exclusively upon the maximum au-
thorized term, would likely complicate the administration
of justice. It could logleally, compe! consideration of related
factors such as de facto minima or the standard senter ‘ing
for other offenses. For example, some defendants
would inevitably contend that they were entitled to jury
trials for a ‘petty’ offense because a given judge or col-
lection of judges routinely imposed a minimum term, and
thus established a de facto minimum period of inearceration
sufficient to render the “petty” offense “serious.”’ Other
ae oe Cee. ee. offense was ‘‘se-
Consideration of mandatory minimum sentences in the
“petty offense” analysis would also lead to problems with
respect to “petty” offenses which statutorily require min-
imum terms only upon the judge's finding of certain ag-
gravating factors.’ McMillan held that the Sixth
Amendment does not require a jury trial with respect to
sceee of “esti efivane” enaiveis check toeedienn deviation
from this Court's rule focusing upon the maximum poten-
tial, rather than actual term imposed,
For these several reasons, this Court should clearly
enunciate the bright line rule advanced herein and fore-
close consideration of extranous factors such as the max-
imum fine, the public's alleged perception of the seriousness
of the offense, whether the offense was indictable at com-
mon law, whether it is malum in se, and the circumstances
under which it might require imposition of a minimum
term of incarceration. Nevada's drunk driving statute for
first offenders meets this bright line rule; it authorizes no
period of incarceration exceeding six months. Thus,
petitioners are not entitled to jury trials.
POINT UI
TO THE EXTENT THAT FACTORS OTHER THAN
THE MAXIMUM TERM OF INCARCERATION ARE
RELEVANT, THEY DO NOT ENTITLE
PETITIONERS TO TRIAL BY JURY.
| m Feit Ot amicus State of New Jersey has advocated
20
With respect to the factor of the inherent seriousness
of an offense, amici A.C.L.U. point to this Court's opinion
ict of Columbia v. Colts, 282 U.S. 63 (1980), which
held that the offense of driving an automobile recklessly
so as to endanger property and individuals was malum in
se, and argue that it would be wholly incongruous to treat
driving while intoxicated as malum proh.bitum. Amici
A.C.L.U, ignore the fact that in the process of declaring
a certain degree of reckless driving to be malum in se,
this Court in Colts specifically sonsidered and implicitly
approved the holding in State v. Rodgers, 91 NJ.L. 212,
102 A. 433 (E. & A. 1917), which determined that driving
while intoxicated was only a petty offense not indictable
at common law. See Landry v. Hoepfner, 840 F.2d 1201,
1212-1213 (5th Cir. ry (en banc). More fundamentally,
there is nothing factu |
as the reckless driver. State v. Dively, 92 N.J. 573, 583,
458 A.2d 502, 507 n.7 (1983) (“Driving while drunk does
not necessarily translate into reckless driving. It is possible
ven recklessly and obviously there are drivers who are
reckless but not drunk.”); State v. Roenicke, 174 N.J.
Super. 513, 517, 417 A.2d 54, 56 (Law Div. 1980) ("The
dean tho manner te whieh be & Gera
“Even if an intoxicated person drives his car with ut-
most care, he can be charged with driving while intoxi-
617 F. Supp. 792, 798 (D.Md. 1985). According to a study
conducted at the University of Colorado, a substantial
21
ne Cees ee balance and
as well when they were
‘Tegal Grankt” 00 ehen thay wore saber. Blakeslee, Sct-
entlete’ Pind Key Diclogieal Causes of Aleoholion, N.Y.
Times, Aug. 14, 1984, at Cl, col. 1, Therefore, this Court's
characterization of reckless driving in Colts is not
dispositive of whether drunk is malum in se and
does not support the claim that drunk driving offenses are
“serious” enough to warrant jury trials. Compare Roth-
weiler v. Superior Court, 100 Ariz. 37, 410 P.2d 479 (1966)
(en bane) (jury trials for driving while intoxicated) with
State ex rel Dean v. City Court of Tueson, 141 Ariz. 361,
aviv : 4 r ; -
rious, we submit that nether ofthese offenses is “serous
nt : ontext, absent exposure to a period of
terme of this Court's trest
driving with Pope po ty Fey
blood. This newer, alternative method of prosecuting drunk
proof: which focus wpen 0 defendant's phys
. More precisely, the effect, if any, upon a
person of the alcohol which that person has imbibed is
wholly irrelevant to that individual's guilt or innocence, so
long as the requisite percentage of alcohol is in the per-
son's system. See, ¢.g., Anderjeski v. City Court of Mesa,
135 Ariz. 549, 663 P.2d 233, 234-235 (1983) (en bane) (‘It
8 possible to have less than .10% blood alcohol content
and still be under the influence of intoxicating liquor .
. On the other hand, a person may have over .10 per cent
blood alcohol content and still not have his driving abilities
significantly wnpaires. . "yy, State v. Abbott, 15 Or. App.
205, 514 P.2d 355 357 (1973) (“[T}he question is not
whether they are > nenieaoed but whether they have [the
requisite percentage] of alcohol in their blood.”’) The
emergence of .10% per se legislation is further indicative
that drunk driving is not a malum in se offense.
Finally, the citation by amici A.C.L.U. and petitioners
to the current strong emphasis on enforcement of drunk
driving laws in the country, and on the efforts of national
Coens oF © Se and 8.A.D.D., is also not
—— of the issue before this Court. There is no doubt
chat drank driving ithe target of national condemnation
public's opinion of the gravity of certain illegal
{er purpoue of deciding whee prosecution
for purposes of deciding whether its tion
ee ae As thle Court has acknow » Oe
nae pt
| nal
expensive non-jury adjudications. [Baldwin v. New
York, 399 U.S. 66, 13 (1970)}
fenses as either ‘serious’ or “petty,”
fashioning a test which wae be con-
{ While me oat veal constitutionally a Ay a
ry a - conduct of driving while in-
oxieated is by no means trivial, it is nevertheless a “petty”
offense which does not entitle them to trial by jury.
Petitioners’ invocation of ‘the existing laws and prac-
tices in the Nation’’ is no more
(1977).
all cut cuuaiiened eheene ta thn tanne of pamaiiies tes?
islatively promulgated the states were drawing the jury
trial line. Baldwin did not analyze national perception of
an identical offense. Indeed, any comparison of various
urisdictions ' treatments of the same offense is fraught
with risk and unrelia lity; there are numerous variables
contained in laws of different states which simply cannot
be ¢ entalized and accounted for when such a multi-
jurisdictional measurement is made. Rummel v. Estelle 445
24
U.S. 263, 279-281 (1980); Solem v. Helm, 463 U.S. 277,
308-309 (1983) (Burger, C.J., dissenting).
However, to the extent that this analysis is appropriate,
it is clear that the numbers offered by petitioners are not
supportive of their cause. Surely it is not enough simply
to do as petitioners have done and make the general as-
sertion that forty-six of fifty states grant jury trials to
drunk drivers, To go only thus far does nothing to satisfy
the more pertinent question of exactly under what circum-
stances jury trials are being provided in these forty-six
states. Critical to this inquiry, and left unaddressed by
petitioners, is a determination of the maximum penalties
attendant to drunk driving offenses in the jurisdictions in
which jury trials are allowed. If the possible term of im-
prisonment is, for example, six years (the maximum term
available for a third offender in Nevada), then one need
look no further than this Court's ruling in Baldwin to
recognize that a jury trial is necessary. Culy when 0 stnte’e
penalties for drunk driving are below the Baldwin six
month threshold and jury trials are nevertheless provided
would that jurisdiction's treatment of drunk driving be-
come significant for purposes of petitioners’ analysis.
_ Amicus State of New et has therefore — a
the Balen rule in determining whether jury trials are
warranted. (Appendix C). A second list examines the rea
drunk driving penalties below the Baldwin limit; specif
cally, an analysis is made as to whether each jurisdiction
even recognizes Baldwin's ‘‘petty” versus “serious” die-
tinction for any offense. (Appendix D). A review of the
experience of other jurisdictions in this fashion discloses
the following results.
Appellate courts in six states have refused to recognize
a constitutional right to jury trials for first-offender drunk
a
25
drivers. (Appendix B). Of the forty-four remaining states,
twenty-two which provide jury trials for first offenders
have first-offender penalties higher than the Baldwin
threshold. (Appendix C). Therefore, these jurisdictions are
consistent with Baldwin and actually support the argument
for application of the bright line rule.
The other twenty-two states grant jury trials for first-
offender drunk driving cases even though the potential
incarceration is below the Baldwin line. However, of these
twenty-two jurisdictions, nineteen do not recognize Bald-
win's “petty’”’ versus “serious” distinction for any offense
and, therefore, are completely useless in gauging these
’ views of the seriousness of drunk driving.
jurisdictions’ views
(Appendix D). And only four states have made an affirm-
ative determination that, independent of relevant penalties,
drunk driving is innately a “serious” enough offense to
warrant a jury trial. Landry v. Hoepfner, 840 F.2d at 1218
n.36. Two of these four states allow potential incarceration
in excess of six months. /d.
Clearly, there is an absence of a national consensus as
to just how “serious” or “petty” drunk driving actually
is. Petitioners’ blanket statement that ‘‘most states allow
trial by jury in d.w.i. prosecutions’ does not take into
account the simple reality that a substantial percentage of
these states conform with Baldwin’s bright line in doing
so. Consequently, the “existing laws and practices of the
Nation,” Duncan v. Louisiana, 391 U.S. at 161, compel
adherence to the bright line rule.
The arguments above demonstrate the deficiency of
petitioners’ complex ‘“‘petty” versus “serious” offense test.
Analysis of the additional factors which petitioners propose
reveals that these factors provide no legitimate foundation
for petitioners’ jury trial demand. Consequently, even if
this Court were not satisfied to limit the applicable rule
to consideration of the maximum authorized term of in-
carceration, petitioners would not be entitled to trial by
jury.
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POINT IV
NEVADA HAS A LEGITIMATE STATE INTEREST
IN BENCH TRIALS FOR PETTY OFFENSES.
Amici A.C.L.U. and, to a certain extent, petitioners,
attempt to minimize Nevada’s interest in not providing
jury trials for first-offender drunk drivers by claiming that
no state interest of constitutional magnitude exists to out-
weigh a defendant’s constitutional right to trial by jury.
Their claim is somewhat tautological; obviously, if
petitioners are entitled to jury trials, then Nevada has no
interest in foreclosing that entitlement. However,
petitioners and amici A.C.L.U. underrate and oversimplify
the value of Nevada’s and, inferentially, other states’ in-
terests in bench trials for ‘“‘petty’’ offenses. Regardless of
whether this Court accepts our construction of its case law
(Point I), accepts our arguments favoring the bright line
rule (Point II), or agrees with our evaluation of other tests
proffered by petitioners (Point III), it should definitely re-
affirm the State’s right to impose bench trials for “‘petty’’
offenses.
Whether or not they reach the level of being of con-
stitutional import, financial costs and administrative bur-
dens to the State are properly considered in the jury trial
analysis. Cf. Patterson v. New York, 432 U.S. 197, 209
(1977); Mathews v. Eldridge, 424 U.S. 319, 348 (1976). For
example, in New Jersey, where jury trials have never been
provided for drunk driving offenses, massive delays would
undoubtedly result from the implementation of such a sys-
tem. Cf. In re Jones & Laughlin Hourly Pension Plan v.
LTV Corp., 824 F.2d 197, 202 (2d Cir. 1987). See supra
note 3. Such a large encumbrance upon a State’s criminal
justice system, particularly with respect to its attendant
delays, directly impacts upon that State’s obligation to
provide all defendants with another constitutional right,
i.e., speedy trials. U.S. Const. amend. VI.
27
This Court should reaffirm its prior conclusion that
whatever disadvantages exist for defendants in terms of
the potential penalties they face, in situations where they
are charged only with a “petty” offense, these disadvan-
tages are outweighed by the benefits that result from
speedy and inexpensive nonjury adjudications. Baldwin v.
New York, 399 U.S. 66, 73 (1970). Nevada’s first-offender
drunk driving offense is a “petty” offense, but, in any
event, amicus State of New Jersey urges this Court to
reject petitioners’ minimization of the value of adminis-
trative burdens and financial costs in the “petty offense”’
analysis.
CONCLUSION
For the foregoing reasons, amicus State of New Jersey
respectfully urges this Court to affirm the judgment of
the Supreme Court of Nevada.
Respectfully submitted,
W. CARY EDWARDS
Attorney General of New Jersey
Attorney for Amicus Curiae
BORIS MOCZULA
Deputy Attorney General
Attorney of Record
Boris Moczula
Larry R. Etzweiler
Cherrie Madden Black
Deputy Attorneys General
Division of Criminal Justice
Appellate Section
Of Counsel and on the Brief
“A a.
la
APPENDIX A
NEW JERSEY STATUTES, COURT RULES, AND
CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS CITED IN THIS BRIEF
A. NEW JERSEY STATUTES ANNOTATED
2A:8-21. Jurisdiction of specified offenses
Each municipal court, and the judge or judges
thereof, shall have jurisdiction of the following
offenses occurring within the territorial jurisdic-
tion of the court:
a. Violations of the motor vehicle and traffic
laws;
b. Violations of the fish and game laws;
c. Violations of the ordinances of the munici-
pality wherein the municipal court is located or
of the municipalities to which its jurisdiction ex-
tends;
d. Violations of disorderly persons offenses and
petty disorderly persons offenses in Title 2C of
the New Jersey Statutes or any other disorderly
persons or petty disorderly persons offense as
defined by the laws of this State;
e. Violations of chapters one and four of Title
44, Poor, of the Revised Statutes;
f. Violations of chapters six and seventeen of
Title 9, Children, of the Revised Statutes; and
g. Offenses as to which no indictment by a
grand jury is required.
2C:43-3. Fines and restitutions
A person who has been convicted of an offense
may be sentenced to pay a fine, to make resti-
tution, or both, such fine not to exceed:
2a 3a
4, $100,000.00, when the conviction is of a 17:29A-35. Merit rating accident surcharge for private pas-
crime of the first or second degree; sant Guemnahien Gham | n of license; disposi-
tion of funds; amount of surcharge; rules and regulations
b. $7,500.00, when the conviction is of a crime
of the third or fourth degree;
¢. $1,000.00, when the conviction is of a dis-
orderly persons offense;
d. $500.00, when the conviction is of a petty
(bX2) Plan surcharges shall be levied for convic-
tions (a) under R.S. 39:4-50 for violations occur-
ring on or after February 10, 1983, and (b) under
section 2 of P.L.1981, ¢. 512 (C, 39:4-5° 4a), or
for offe —
disorderly persons offense; committed in other jurisdicuons of
eee a substantially similar nature to those under R.S.
2C:43-3.1. Additional penalties; collection and disposition 89: 4-60 or section 2 of P.L.1981, ¢. 512 (C. 39: od
by violent crimes compensation board; victim and witness
advocacy fund; failure to pay; driver license privileges shah ba loved Gan wally for @ three year period
eee and shall be net loco then $1,000 per year for
(2¥a) In addition to any other disposition made ref feapbaghy wy pA oc:
pursuant to the provisions of N.J.8, 2C:43-2 or curring within a three period, If a driver is
any other statute imposing sentences for crimes, convicted under both R.S. 39:4-50 and section 2
person convicted of any disorderly persons of P.L.1981, ¢, 512 (C, 39:4-50.4a) for offenses
nse, any petty disorderly persons offense, or arising out of the same incident, the driver shall
any crime not resulting inthe injury oF death of be assessed only one surcharge for the two of:
any other person shall be assessed a penal
Hey hm gh pt dy bd Ay
he wes convicted, effectuate the purposes
eee section and P.L.1983, ¢. 65 (C. 1T:29A-38 €
| and may, t to regulation, permit t!
2C:48-8. unas ¢ Saamenmans Se Geweery purses ty or any hese .
offenses and petty disorderly persons offenses ra or ay ere
A Paresh She Nad Stee SOMERS & 6 Cheveey
fense or a petty disorderly persons of
may be sentenced to imprisonment for a
definite term which shall be fixed by the a
and shall not exceed 6 months in the case of a
of a petty disorderly persons offense.
If, upon written notification from the Division
of Motor Vehicles, mailed to the last address of
record with the division, Ke ee fs
ircha levied under this subsection, li
cense i the driver shall be suspended forthwith
tor Vehicles; ‘except that upon satisfactory show-
da
r —e y, the es dy Motor Vehicles
may au payment surcharge on an
—— a basis over a period not to exceed 10
mon
39:3-40. Driving when license refused, suspended, revoked
or prohibited; motor vehicle license revoked; punishment
No person to whom a driver's license has been
refused or whose driver's license or reciprocity
: ed or revoked, or who
5a
if while operating a vehicle in violation of this
section a person is involved in an accident re-
sulting in personal injury to another person.
Nothwithstanding subsections a. through e., any
person violating this section while under suspen-
sien tensed pursuant to R.S. 39:4-50, upon con-
viction, shall be fined $500.00, shall have his
license to operate a motor vehicle suspended for
an additional period of not less than one year
nor more than two years, and may be imprisoned
in the county jail for not more than 90 days.
been prohibited from obtaining driver's li-
cense, shall personally operate a motor vehicle
during the period of refusal, suspension, revo-
cation, or prohibition.
39:4-50. Operating or allowing operation by person under
influence of liquor or drugs; penalties; alcohol education
or rehabilitation; collection of driver's license; rights of
discovery; intoxicated driver resource centers
No person whose motor vehicle registration has
stn of cash taster Tahide Surleg the ported
the of
such revocation.
A person violating this section shall be subject
to the following penalties:
a. Upon conviction for a first offense, a fine of
$500.00;
b. Upon conviction for a second offense, a fine
of $750.00 and imprisonment in the county jail
for not more than five days;
¢, Upon conviction for a third offense, a fine of
$1,000.00 and imprisonment in the county jail for
10 days;
d. Upon conviction, the court shall impose or ex-
tend a period of suspension not to exceed six
months;
e. Upon conviction, the court shall impose a pe-
riod of imprisonment for not less than 45 days,
(a) A 1 who operates a motor vehicle
while \ So taiegnte of lnterteating Heuer
op epenatan © moter vebidle With @ bleed eleshel
concentration of 0.10% or more by weight of al-
oe Oe ee ee ee
who is under the influence of intoxicating
(1) For the first offense, to a fine of not less
of detainment of not less than 12 hours nor more
than 48 hours spent during two consecutive days
of not less than six hours each day and served
prescribed by the program requirements of the
Intoxicated Driver Resource Centers established
under subsection (f) of this section and, in the
ba
discretion of the court, a term of imprisonment
of not more than 30 days and shall forthwith
forfeit his right to operate a motor vehicle over
the highways of this State for a period of not
the expiration per may | ap-
plication to the Director of the Division of Motor
Vehicles for a license to operate a motor vehicle,
which application may be granted at the discre-
tion of the director, consistent with subsection
(b) of this section.
(3) For a third or s t violation, a per-
90 days served rforming comm inity service in
such and on such terms as the court shall
deem appropriate under the circumstances and
shall thereafter forfeit his right to operate a mo-
tor vehicle over the highways of this State for
10 years.
Ta
If the driving privilege of any person is under
revocation or nsion for a violation of any
ea ake tees ot ont cute
tion for a violation of this section, the revocation
or suspension period imposed shall commence as
of the date of termination of the existing revo-
cation or suspension period. A court that imposes
a term of imprisonment under this section may
Paes chee eaae cheme os
tation program or to an Intoxicated Driver Re-
source Center or other facility approved by the
Director of the Division of Alcoholism in the De-
partment of Health; provided that for a third or
subsequent offense a person shall not serve a
term of imprisonment at an Intoxicated Driver
Resource Center as provided in subsection (f).
A person who has been convicted of a previous
violation of this section need not be charged as
a second or subsequent offender in the complaint
made against him in order to render him liable
to the punishment imposed by this section on a
second or subsequent offender, but if the second
offense occurs more than 10 years after the first
offense, the court shall treat the second convic-
tion as a first offense for sentencing purposes
after the second offense, the court shall treat the
third conviction as a second offense for sentenc-
ing purposes.
(b) A person convicted under this section must
satisfy the screening, evaluation, referral pro-
gram and fee requirements of the Division of
Alcoholism's Intoxicated Driving Programs Unit,
and of the Intoxicated Driver Resource Centers
and a program of alcohol education and highway
Ra
safety, as prescribed by the Director of the Di-
vision of Motor Vehicles, The sentencing court
shall inform the person convicted that failure to
satisfy such requirements shall result in a man-
datory two day term of imprisonment in a county
jail and a driver license revocation or
and continuation of revocation or suspension until
such requirements are satisfied, unless stayed by
court order in accordance with Rule 7:8-2 of the
N.J. Court Rules, 1969, or R.S, 39:5-22. Upon
sentencing, the court shall forward to the Bureau
of Alcohol Countermeasures within the Intoxi-
cated Driving Programs Unit a copy of a person's
conviction record, A fee of $80.00 shall be pay-
able to the Alcohol Education, Rehabilitation and
Enforcement Fund established pursuant to sec-
tion 3, P.L.1983, ¢, 531 (C, 26:2B-32) to support
the Intoxicated Driving Programs Unit.
(c) Upon conviction of a violation of this sec-
tion, the court shall collect forthwith the New
Jersey driver's license or licenses of the person
so convicted and forward such license or licenses
to the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles.
The court shall inform the person convicted that
if he is convicted of f nally operating a motor
vehicle during the period of license suspension
imposed pureunnh to sabecstion Gn of ie testion.
he shall, upon conviction, be subject to the pen-
alties established in R.S. 39:3-40. person con-
victed shall be informed orally and in writing. A
person shall be required to acknowledge receipt
of that written notice in writing. Failure to re-
ceive a written notice or failure to acknowledge
in writing the receipt of a written notice shall
not be a defense to a subsequent charge of a
violation of R.S. 39:3-40. In the event that a
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person convicted under this section is the holder
of any out-of-state driver’s license, the court shall
not collect the license but shall notify forthwith
the director, who shall, in turn, notify appropri-
ate officials in the licensing jurisdiction. The court
shall, however, revoke the nonresident’s driving
privilege to operate a motor vehicle in this State,
in accordance with this section. Upon conviction
of a violation of this section, the court shall notify
the person convicted, orally and in writing, of
the penalties for a second, third or subsequent
violation of this section. A person shall be re-
quired to acknowledge receipt of that written no-
tice in writing. Failure to receive a written notice
or failure to acknowledge in writing the receipt
of a written notice shall not be a defense to a
subsequent charge of a violation of this section.
(d) The Director of the Division of Motor Ve-
hicles shall promulgate rules and regulations pur-
suant to the “Administrative Procedure Act,”
P.L.1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.) in order
to estabish a program of alcohol education and
highway safety, as prescribed by this act.
(e) Any person accused of a violation of this
section who is liable to punishment imposed by
this section as a second or subsequent offender
shall be entitled to the same rights of discovery
as allowed defendants pursuant to the Rules Gov-
erning Criminal Practice, as set forth in the Rules
Governing the Courts of the State of New Jersey.
(f) The counties, in cooperation with the Di-
vision of Alcoholism and the Division of Motor
Vehicles, but subject to the approval of the Di-
vision of Alcoholism, shall designate and establish
on a county or regional basis Intoxicated Driver
Resource Centers. These centers shall have the
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capability of serving as community treatment re-
ferral centers and as court monitors of a person’s
compliance with the ordered treatment, service
alternative or community service. All centers es-
tablished pursuant to this subsection shall be ad-
ministered by a certified alcoholism counsellor or
other professional with a minimum of five years’
experience in treatment of alcoholism. All centers
shall be required to develop individualized treat-
ment plans for all persons attending the centers;
provided that the duration of any ordered treat-
ment or referral shall not exceed one year. It
shall be the center’s responsibility to establish
networks with the community alcohol education,
treatment and rehabilitation resources and to re-
ceive monthly reports from the referral agencies
regarding a person’s participation and compliance
with the program. Nothing in this subsection shall
bar these centers from developing their own ed-
ucation and treatment programs; provided that
they are approved by the Division of Alcoholism.
Upon a person’s failure to report to the initial
screening or any subsequent ordered referral, the
Intoxicated Driver Resource Center shall
promptly notify the sentencing court of the per-
son’s failure to comply.
Required detention periods at the Intoxicated
Driver Resource Centers shall be determined ac-
cording to the individual treatment classification
assigned by the Bureau of Alcohol Countermea-
sures. Upon attendance at an Intoxicated Driver
Resource Center, a person shall be assessed a
per diem fee of $50.00 for the first offender pro-
gram or a per diem fee of $75.00 for the second
offender program, as appropriate.
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The centers shall conduct a program of alcohol
education and highway safety, as prescribed by
the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles.
The Director of the Division of Alcoholism shall
adopt rules and regulations pursuant to the “Ad-
ministrative Procedure Act,”” P.L.1968, c. 410 (C.
52:14B-1 et seq.), in order to effectuate the pur-
poses of this subsection.
39:4-50.8. Conviction for violation of § 39:4-50; surcharge;
distribution
Upon a conviction of a violation of R.S. 39:4-
50, the court shall collect from the defendant a
surcharge of $100.00 in addition to and inde-
pendently of any fine imposed on that defendant.
The court shall forward the surcharge to the Di-
rector of the Division of Motor Vehicles who shall
deposit $95.00 of the surcharge into a “Drunk
Driving Enforcement Fund” (hereinafter referred
to as the “fund’’). This fund shall be used to
establish a Statewide drunk driving enforcement
program to be supervised by the director. The
remaining $5.00 of each surcharge shall be de-
posited by the director into a separate fund for
administrative expenses.
A municipality shall be entitled to periodic
grants from the “Drunk Driving Enforcement
Fund” in amounts representing its proportionate
contribution to the fund. A municipality shall be
deemed to have contributed to the fund the por-
tion of the surcharge allocated to the fund, col-
lected pursuant to this section if the violation of
R.S. 39:4-50 occurred within the municipality and
the arrest resulting in conviction was made by
the member of a municipal police force. The
grants from the fund shall be used by the mu-
nicipality to increase enforcement of R.S. 39:4-
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50 by subsidizing additional law enforcement pa-
trols and through other measures approved by
the director. The Division of State Police, inter-
state law enforcement agencies and county law
enforcement agencies shall be entitled to periodic
grants from the fund in amounts representing
their proportionate contribution to the fund. The
Division of State Police or county or interstate
law enforcement agency shall be deemed to have
contributed to the fund the portion of the sur-
charge allocated to the fund collected pursuant
to this section if the arrest resulting in a con-
viction was made by a member of the Division
of State Police or county or interstate law en-
forcement agency. The grants from the fund shall
be used by the Division of State Police or county
or interstate law enforcement agency to increase
enforcement of R.S. 39:4-50 by subsidizing ad-
ditional law enforcement patrols and through
other measures approved by the director.
The surcharge described herein shall not be
considered a fine, penalty or forfeiture to be dis-
tributed pursuant to R.S. 39:5-41.
The director shall promulgate rules and regu-
lations in order to effectuate the purposes of this
section.
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(1) from final judgments of the Superior Court
trial divisions, or the judges thereof sitting as
statutory agents; the Tax Court; and in summary
contempt proceedings in all trial courts except
municipal courts;
2:12-3. Certification of Final Judgments of the Appellate
Division
(a) Notice of Petition for Certification: Time
for Filing; Contents; Filing Fees. If certification
is sought to review a final judgment of the Ap-
pellate Division, the petitioner shall, within 20
days after its entry, serve a copy of a notice of
petition for certification upon all parties who may
be affected by the proceeding and shall file, to-
gether with the payment to each court of the
appropriate fee pursuant to N.J.S.A. 22A:2, the
original notice with the Clerk of the Appellate
Division and a copy thereof with the Clerk of the
Supreme Court.
3:23-1. Exclusive Method of Review
Except as provided by R. 2:2-3(b), review of a
judgment of conviction in a criminal action or
proceeding in a court of limited criminal juris-
diction shall be by appeal as provided by R. 3:23.
B. NEW JERSEY COURT RULES
2:2-3. Appeals to the Appellate Division from Final Judg-
ments, Decisions, Actions and from Rules; Tax Court
3:23-8. Hearing on Appeal
(a) Plenary Hearing; Hearing on Record; Correc-
tion or Supplementation of Record; Transcript for
Indigents. If a verbatim record or sound record-
ing was made pursuant to FR. 7:4-5 in the court
from which the appeal is taken, the original tran-
script thereof duly certified as correct shall be
filed by the clerk of the court below with the
county clerk, and a certified copy served on the
(a) As of Right. Except as otherwise provided
by R. 2:2-1(aX3) (final judgments appealable di-
rectly to the Supreme Court), appeals may be
taken to the Appellate Division as of right
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prosecuting attorney by the clerk of the court
below within 20 days after the filing of the notice
of appeal or within such extension of time as the
court permits. In such cases the trial of the appeal
shall be heard de novo on the record unless it
shall appear that the rights of either party may
be prejudiced by a substantially unintelligible re-
cord or that the rights of defendant were prej-
udiced below in which event the court to which
the appeal has been taken may either reverse and
remand for a new trial or conduct a plenary trial
de novo without a jury. The Court shall provide
the municipal court with reasons for the remand.
The Court may also supplement the record and
admit additional testimony whenever (1) the mu-
nicipal court erred in excluding evidence offered
by the defendant, (2) the state offers rebuttal
evidence to discredit supplementary evidence ad-
mitted hereunder, or (3) the record being re-
viewed is partially unintelligible or defective. If
the appellant, upon application to the court
appealed to, is found to be indigent, the court
shall order the transcript of the proceedings be-
low furnished at the county’s expense if the
appeal involves violation of a statute and at the
municipality’s expense if the appeal involves vi-
olation of an ordinance. If no such record was
made in the court from which the appeal is taken,
the appeal shall operate as an application for a
plenary trial de novo without a jury in the court
to which the appeal is taken.
(e) Disposition by Superior Court, Law Division.
If the defendant is convicted, the court shall im-
pose a sentence as provided by law. If the
defendant is acquitted, the court shall order the
defendant discharged, the conviction in the court
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below set aside, and the return of all fines and
costs paid by the defendant. An appropriate judg-
ment shall be entered and a copy thereof trans-
mitted to the court below.
7:6-1. Complaint and Summons
(a) Form. In cases involving violations of stat-
utes or ordinances relating to the operation or
use of motor vehicles, hereinafter designated as
“traffic offenses,’’ the complaint and summons
shall be a uniform traffic ticket in the form pre-
scribed by the Administrative Director of the
Courts. On a complaint and summons for a non-
moving traffic offense, in lieu of the name of the
defendant it shall be sufficient to set forth the
license number of the vehicle involved, and it
shall be presumed that the owner of the vehicle
is the defendant charged with the violation.
(b) Issuance. The complaint may be made and
signed by a law enforcement officer, or by any
other person, but the summons shall be signed
and issued only by such officer, or the judge,
clerk or deputy clerk of the court in which the
complaint is, or is to be filed. R. 7:3 relating to
warrants and summons in respect of nonindict-
able offenses generally, shall be applicable to
cases involving a traffic offense, except as oth-
erwise herein provided.
*>_ * *
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C, NEW JERSEY CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS
New Jersey Constitution (1947), Art I, para, 10
Rights of persons accused of crime
10. In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall
have the right to a speedy and public trial by an
impartial jury; to be informed of the nature and cause
of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses
against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining
witnesses in his favor; and to have the assistance of
counsel in his defense.
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STATES THAT DO NOT RECOGNIZE A
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO JURY TRIALS FOR FIRST
OFFENSE DRUNK DRIVING.
1. rida: Fla. Stat. Ann. § 316,.193(2¥a) 2.a (West
Supp. 1988) (first offense driving under the influence sub-
Se de cae anal Ga. tan itn i nn ed Whir-
ley v. State, 450 So.2d 836, 839 (Fla. 1984) a oe
with driving with unlawful blood alcohol | has been
charged with a “petty offense’ and is not entitled to trial
by jury under Federal or State Constitutions). But see State
v. Heidrich, 490 So.2d 1306 (Fla. App. 1986) (Court of
Appeals calling into question the continued vitality of
Whirley, supra, in light of subsequent legislative action).
2. Lowisiana: La. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 14:98.B (West 1986)
(authorized maximum period of six months’ imprisonment
for first offense driving while intoxicated); City of Monroe
v. Withite, 255 La. 838, 233 So.2d 535, 536, cert. denied
400 U.S. 910 (1970) (defendant charged with driving au-
tomobile under the influence of alcohol not entitled to jury
since offense was ‘‘petty’’); State v. Landry, 463 So.2d 761
(La. App. 1985), cert. denied 464 So.2d 1373 (La. 1985);
Landry v. Hoepfner, 840 F, 2d 1201 (5th C. 1988) (en bane)
(where defendant's sentencing exposure was limited to six
months and $500, defendant not entitled to trial by jury).
3. Nevada: Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann, § 484,3792(1XaX2)
(Supp. 1988) (first offender drunk driver subject to six
months’ imprisonment); Blanton v. North Las Vegas Mu-
nicipal Court, 103 Nev, 135, 748 P.2d 494 (1987), cert
granted, 108 §.Ct, 2843 (1988).
4. New Hampshire: N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 265:82-b
(Supp. 1981) (no authorized period of imprisonment); State
v. Morril, 123 N.H. 707, 465 A.2d 882, 886 (N.H. 1983)
(so long as a fine of no more than $500 may be levied
against first offense drunk driver, no right to trial by jury).
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5. New Mewico: N.M. . Ann, § 66-8-102(D) (Supp.
1988) (imprisonment of A. a. than ninety days); Ham-
ilton v. Walker, 65 N.M. 470, 340 P.2d ye (1959) (no
constitutional Rhy ay Fy drunk driving prose-
cution).
6. New Jersey: N.J. Stat. Ann, § 39:4-50(aX1) (West 1973
& Supp. 1988) (first offenders subject to potential impris-
onment of thirty days); State v. Rodgers, 91 N.J.L. 212,
102 A, 433 (BE, & A. 1917) (no right to trial by jury); State
v. Linnehan, 197 N.J. Super. 41, 484 A.2d 34 (App. Div,
1984), certif, denied 99 N.J. 236, 491 A.2d 723 (1985);
State v. Zoppi, 196 N.J. Super. 596, 483 A.2d 844 (Law
Div. 1984).
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APPENDIX C
STATES IN WHICH THE MAXIMUM AUTHORIZED
PERIOD OF CON iT FOR FIRST OFFENSE
DRUNK DRIVING EXCEEDS THE BALDWIN
. Alabama: Ala. Code § 32-5A-191(c) (1983 & Supp. 1987)
(imprisonment in county or municipal jail for not more
Alaska: Alaska Stat. § 28.35.030(b) (1984) (drunk driv-
ing is a Class A misdemeanor); Alaska Stat. §
12.55.135(a) (1984) (class A misdemeanor punishable
by a term of imprisonment not to exceed one year).
. Arkansas: Ark. Stat. Ann, § 5-65-103 (1987); Ark. Stat.
Ann, § 5-65-111(a) (1987) (imprisonment not to exceed
one year). et a | |
Colorado: Colo, Rev, Stat. § 42-4-1202(1\(a), (b),-(1.5Xa),
~ (4XaXT) (1984) (punishment in the county jail for not
more than one year).
' ia: Ga. Code Ann, § 40-6-391(c 1B) (1985 &
Supp. 1988) (imprisonment for not more than one year).
. TUinois: I. Ann, Stat. Ch. 95 1/2, § 11-501 (4) (ec)
(1988-1989 Supp.) (drunk driving is a Class A misde-
meanor); Ill. Ann, Stat. Ch. 38, § 1005-1, 1005-8-3
(1983) (range of appropriate dispositions), _
Indiana: Ind, Code Ann. § 9-11-2-2 (Burns 1988 Supp.)
(drunk driving is a Class A misdemeanor); § 35-50-3-
2 (1985) (Class A misdemeanor punishable by impris-
onment of not more than one year).
Towa: lowa Code Ann. § 321J.2(2Xa) (West Supp. 1988)
(DWI is a Serious Misdemeanor); lowa Code Ann. §
903.1 (West 1979 & Supp. 1988) (punishable by im-
prisonment of not more than one year).
. Maine: Me. Rev. Stat. Ann. tit. 29, § 1312-B(2) (Supp.
1987) (Class D crime requiring incarceration of not less
than forty-eight consecutive hours); Me. Rev. Stat.
Ann. tit. 17A, § 1252 (24D 1964 & Supp. 1987) (im-
prisonment of up to one year prescribed for Class D
10. Maryland: Md. Transp. Code Ann. § 21-902(a) (1987)
(drunk driving); § 27-101(h\)) (first offense drunk driv-
ing subject to imprisonment of not more than one
year).
11, Massachusetts; Mass. Gen. Laws Ann. ch. 90, §
24(1XaX1) (West 1985) (first offense drunk driving pun-
ishable by imprisonment of not more than two years).
12. New York: N.Y. Vehicle and Traffic Law §
1192(2),(3),(5) (McKinney 1986 & Supp. 1988) (drunk
driving subject to imprisonment of not more than one
year).
13. Oklahoma: Okla, Stat. Ann. tit. 47, § 11-902(c) (West
1988) (incarceration in county jail for not more than
la. ¢ : Or. Rev. Stat. § 813.010(8) (1985) (driving
> tatentented to 0 Clase A mtademesnats Ge. Rev.
Stet § 161.615 (1985) (Class A misdemeanors -punish-
able by maximum term of one year impris
15. Pennsylvania: 75 Pa. Cons. Stat. Ann. § 9781(eX1)
(1988 bey (first offense driving while intoxicated is
16. Rhode Islan : RAL Gen. Laws § 31-27-2(dX1) (Supp.
| offender drunk driver may be imprisoned
Dakota: S.D. Codified Laws Ann. § 32-23-2 (1984
p. 1988) (first offense driving while intoxicated
lags 1 misdemeanor); 8.D. Codified Laws Ann.
§ * 29-6-2 (1988) (Class 1 misdemeanor punishable by
imprisonment of up to one year).
18. Ten) : Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-10-403(aX1) (1980 &
Supp. 987) (first offenders subject to imprisonment
in county jail for up to eleven months and twenty-nine
days),
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19, Tewas: Tex. Rev. Civ, Stat. Ann. art, 67011-1 (Vernon
Supp. 1988) (first offenders subject to confinement in
county jail for not more than two years).
20. Vermont; Vt. Stat. Ann, tit. 23, § 1210 (1987) (im-
prisonment of up to one year).
21. 7 inia: Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-270 (1988) (driving
intoxicated is a Class one misdemeanor); Va.
Code Ann, § 18.2-11 (Class one misdemeanor punish-
able by imprisonment in county jail for up to twelve
months).
22. Washington: § 46.61.515(1) (1987) (first offense driving
while intoxicated subject to imprisonment of up to one
year).
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