Dan T. Matrafajlo, Esq., is the managing member and lead partner at Beninato and Matrafajlo, Attorneys at Law, LLC. Renowned for groundbreaking contributions to personal injury law, he has set legal precedents with influential Appellate decisions and garnered recognition in the New Jersey Law Journal. A consistent honoree on Super Lawyers’ Rising Star list for the past five years, Matrafajlo’s litigation prowess is widely acknowledged. He has won various awards like Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters Association 2019, and Nominated into Super Lawyers as a Rising Star from 2012 until the Present.
According to State v. Franchetta, 925 A. 2d 745 (Appellate Div. 2007), a person that ingested cocaine but said cocaine was no longer in his system is guilty of New Jersey DWI law, namely: NJSA 39:4-50. In other words, being hung over is enough to trigger a violation because the New Jersey Appellate Court felt you are still “under the influence” per se.
