Justice ZAZZALI delivered the opinion of the Court.
This appeal concerns the right of a defendant, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 39:4-50.2(c), to an independent blood-alcohol test after being arrested for driving while intoxicated (DWI). Specifically, we must decide whether the police violate that right by refusing to release, except to the care of a relative or friend, a defendant whose station-house test reveals a blood-alcohol level in excess of the legal limit....
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