People v. Rister
Supreme Court of Colorado
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Rovira
This certiorari1 proceeding presents the question whether the Colorado State Patrol’s brief stop of the defendant, Teddy Ralph Rister, while it was operating a sobriety checkpoint on a county highway violates the fourth and fourteenth amendments to the United States Constitution and article II, section 7, of the Colorado Constitution. The Jackson County District Court affirmed the county court’s ruling that the sobriety checkpoint was unconstitutional, and suppressed the evidence obtained as a result of the stop. We reverse.
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In September 1985, Colonel John Dempsey, Chief of the Colorado State…
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2Cases cited37 opinions
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- Delaware v. ProuseSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Camara v. Municipal Court of City and County of San FranciscoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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- United States v. Brignoni-PonceSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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