Patricia S. Reed, Comm. W. Va. Division of Motor Vehicles v. James Pettit

In this proceeding, DMV asked this Court to reinstate its order revoking Mr. Pettit’s *456driver’s license. The majority opinion found that Mr. Pettit’s driver’s license was properly revoked and reinstated DMVs revocation order. For the reasons set out below, I respectfully dissent.

Mr. Pettit Was Unlawfully Stopped at an Illegally Held Sobriety Checkpoint

This was a simple case. However, the majority has used this case to completely destroy our well-settled principles of law regarding sobriety checkpoint roadblocks. Pri- or to the majority opinion in this case, our law was quite clear about what…