State v. Leighton

McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

For the first time we here address the constitutionality of a roadblock set up by law enforcement officers to apprehend drunk drivers. At about 1:00 a.m. on Sunday, July 19, 1987, defendant Everett E. Leighton was stopped at a roadblock on U.S. Route 1 in the town of Hancock and arrested for operating under the influence (OUI). Defendant entered a conditional guilty plea, M.R.Crim.P. 11(a)(2), in the Superior Court (Hancock County; Beaulieu, J.) in order to obtain appellate review of the denial by the District Court (Ellsworth; Bradley, J.) of his motions to dismiss…