The testimony of police officers who are trained as certified drug recognition experts, or DREs, is admissible as evidence in cases involving motorists' drug intoxication, a special master told the New Jersey Supreme Court in a massive report submitted Thursday.
New Jersey became the 14th state to legalize recreational marijuana use on Thursday, though public smoking is still banned. Now local police, who will provide security for the dispensaries, must adjust for the new law.
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More than 13,000 motorists in New Jersey whom the state Supreme Court ruled were convicted of drunken driving with illegal evidence are still fighting for the chance to challenge their convictions in court.
Four retired judges were appointed in 2019 to determine how cases affected by the high court s ruling should be handled. Defense attorneys have moved to contest many of the tainted convictions, but the courts haven t yet started hearing their challenges, attorneys said.
Progress in the case has stalled because of the coronavirus pandemic, officials said, leaving many in a prolonged legal limbo, having faced penalties for convictions that their attorneys believe are not legally viable and will eventually be overturned.