Court of Appeals of Maryland· 8/21/1984

Little v. State

Citations

479 A.2d 903
300 Md. 485
1984 Md. LEXIS 339

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concluding that brief stop at sobriety checkpoint was not “arrest”
noting that the Fourth Amendment only prohibits seizures that are unreasonable
\operation of the checkpoints is suspended if traffic becomes congested\ and \[t]he stops themselves last less than half a minute\
sobriety checkpoint seizure held to be constitutional, despite lack of warrant, in light of the “State’s compelling interest in detecting and deterring drunk driving”
“The magnitude of the problem created by intoxicated motorists cannot be exaggerated.”

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Judges: Murphy, Eldridge, Cole, Davidson, Rodowsky, Couch, Morton

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