Legal Opinion
Little v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided August 21, 1984No. 158, 159, September Term, 1983PublishedCited by 119 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURPHY, Chief Judge.
This case concerns the legality of police roadblocks established in furtherance of a state operated sobriety checkpoint program to detect and deter drunk driving.
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As part of an effort to stop drunk driving, the Maryland State Police augmented its conventional enforcement methods by erecting systematic roadblocks on state roads having high alcohol related accident rates. The sobriety checkpoints were established pursuant to a pilot program implemented on a limited basis in Harford County for a three-month period beginning on December 12, 1982. Checkpoints were erected in…
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