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Judge Throws Out Evidence Obtained by Police at DUI Checkpoint

By Ron Chapman

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Manatee County Court Judge Doug Henderson recently issued an order suppressing all evidence that the police obtained at a sobriety checkpoint in 2008. According to an article that appeared at BradentonHerald.com, Judge Henderson ruled that because the Manatee County Sheriff's Office did not follow their own written guidelines regarding the operation of DUI checkpoints, any evidence gathered by the police as a result of implementing that particular checkpoint may not be presented in court by the prosecutor's office. Judge Henderson's ruling may well result in the Manatee County State Attorney's Office having to drop some, if not most, of those DUI cases...continue to full post

Full post as published by Palm Beach Criminal Defense Blog on January 28, 2009 (boomark / email).

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