The State Bar Association is asking that a special master be appointed to decide whether the state is in contempt of the Supreme Court ruling that established strict conditions for the use of Alcotest in drunken-driving cases.
State Bar President Ralph Lamparello, in a letter to the court on Tuesday, said prosecutions are being put at risk by the state's failure to comply with State v. Chun, 194 N.J. 54 (2008), which ordered the state to make nine programming changes to the Alcotest machines and create a free, publicly accessible Alcotest readings database.
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