State v. Gelok

The opinion of the court was delivered by

ARNOLD M. STEIN, J.A.D.

Defendant was convicted in the North Hunterdon Municipal Court of operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol, N.J.S.A. 39:4-50. This was his fourth drunk driving conviction: New York in 1974, Rockaway Township in 1977, Randolph Township in 1979 and this conviction in 1988.

The trial judge sentenced defendant “for a third or subsequent violation” pursuant to N.J.S.A. 39:4-50(a)(3) and imposed the mandated minimum fines and penalties: a $1,000 fine, 180-day jail term or proof of satisfactory enrollment in an in-patient…