State v. Gerschoffer

ON PETITION TO TRANSFER

SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

In this case the Court of Appeals interpreted Article 1, Section 11 of the Indiana Constitution to prohibit all sobriety checkpoints as unreasonable seizures. We disagree, but affirm suppression of the evidence obtained from the roadblock in this case because the procedures followed did not satisfy the requirements of Section 11, a part of Indiana's Bill of Rights.

Facts and Procedural History

Late on the night of June 18, 1999, the Indiana State Police and the Mishawaka Police Department jointly conducted a sobriety checkpoint on McKinley Avenue,…