Partee v. State

LARRY D. VAUGHT, Chief Judge.

|, Appellant Kenric Partee appeals from the trial court’s denial of his motion to suppress the cocaine that was found on his person following a roadblock instituted by the Gosnell Police Department. On appeal, Partee claims that the roadblock amounted to an illegal search and seizure and that all fruits of the illegal stop should be suppressed. We disagree and affirm the decision of the trial court.

The outcome of this appeal turns on the constitutionality, or lack thereof, of a 2008 roadblock that was instituted for the express purpose of removing non-safety…