Case Name: STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. HARRY P. ALLEX, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT
Court: New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 1992-06-04
Citations: 257 N.J. Super. 16
Docket Number: 
Parties: STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. HARRY P. ALLEX, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.
Judges: 
Reporter: New Jersey Superior Court Reports
Volume: 257
Pages: 16–17

Head Matter:
608 A.2d 1
STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. HARRY P. ALLEX, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.
Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division
Argued May 13, 1992
Decided June 4, 1992.
Before Judges GAULKIN , MUIR, Jr. and LANDAU.
John S. Furlong argued the cause for appellant.
James L. McConnell, Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for respondent (Nicholas L. Bissell, Jr., Somerset County Pros ecutor, attorney; James L. McConnell, of counsel and on the letter brief).
Judge Gaulkin did not participate in oral argument. However, the parties consented to his participation in the decision.

Opinion:
The opinion of the court was delivered by
MUIR, JR., J.A.D.
On this appeal it is once again argued that subjective evidence of a medical expert is admissible to countervail the results of properly administered breathalyzer tests. Once again the contention is rejected.
"[Ijntoxication objectively determined by a breathalyzer test coupled with the operation of a motor vehicle constitutes the offense of drunk driving." State v. Hammond, 118 N.J. 306, 317, 571 A.2d 942 (1990); State v. Tischio, 107 N.J. 504, 518, 527 A.2d 388 (1987). As a corollary of this rule, evidence of subjective intoxication is eliminated. State v. Hammond, supra, 118 N.J. at 317, 571 A.2d 942. Consequently, when two breathalyzer tests administered to defendant yielded .14 and .15 blood alcohol readings, defendant was properly barred from attempting to countervail those readings with medical testimony based on videotape evidence of defendant's performance of various physical tests. Hammond and Tischio overrule, although not expressly, our decision in State v. Ghegan, 213 N.J.Super. 383, 517 A.2d 490 (App.Div.1986).
Affirmed.