Commonwealth v. Spencer

By Judge Marc Jacobson

Derrick Lamont Spencer is charged with feloniously and unlawfully operating a motor vehicle after having been determined a Habitual Offender after having previously been convicted of driving while a determination as a habitual offender was in effect. The charge arose out of the defendant’s having been stopped while operating a motor vehicle at a roadblock operated by the Virginia State Police in Norfolk, Virginia.

The checkpoint in question was set up as part of a DUI sobriety operation in the Hampton Roads area. The Virginia State Police’s guidelines for operation of…