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· 4/30/1991

Galberth v. United States

Citations

  • 590 A.2d 990
  • 1991 D.C. App. LEXIS 102
  • 1991 WL 69490

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that government's general deterrence interest does not outweigh seized individual's liberty interest when primary purpose of roadblock is general law enforcement
  • holding that government's general deterrence interest does not outweigh seized individual's liberty interest when primary purpose of roadblock is general law enforcement
  • “Even if . . . [a prior decision] relied on a mistaken analysis, we are bound by the prior decision in the absence of a change in governing law.”

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Judges: Rogers, Ferren, Terry

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