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COURT: Silence cannot be used against DWI suspects, N.J. Supreme Court rules

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Posted: Friday, September 14, 2012 7:09 am

TRENTON — Prosecutors cannot use someone’s silence during a drunken-driving arrest against them in court, even if they had not been read their Miranda rights, the state Supreme Court has ruled.

In a 5-0 decision released Wednesday, the court found Manaf Stas was wrongly found not to be a credible witness and convicted of allowing an acquaintance to drive his sister’s car drunk.

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