Loney v. State

Smith, Presiding Judge.

Dennis Ray Loney was convicted after a bench trial of operating a motor vehicle after being declared a habitual violator. He appeals, asserting as his sole enumeration of error that the police roadblock that apprehended him was improperly conducted under the standard of LaFontaine v. State, 269 Ga. 251, 253 (3) (497 SE2d 367) (1998) and that his motion to suppress therefore should have been granted. We disagree and affirm.

LaFontaine enunciates four factors to determine the validity of a roadblock:

A roadblock is satisfactory where the decision to implement the roadblock…