John Anthony Murray, a man who says the Red Bank Police Department illegally arrested him for driving under the influence, confronted serious doubt Monday from the judge hearing his case.
“If I rule in your favor today, do you know what happens next?” Hamilton County Criminal Court Judge Barry Steelman asked Murray. “Have you talked to your lawyer about that?”
Murray indicated he had not.
Steelman said no matter what Red Bank police admitted to — altering records, going outside jurisdiction, “malfeasance” — Murray’s case would “start all over,” and a jury again would decide whether he was guilty of DUI.
“You would be subject to being incarcerated anywhere from 48 hours to 11 months and 29 days,” he said. “You understand that?”