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DWI Roadblocks / Safety Checkpoints in Arkansas

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Around the holiday season various Arkansas law enforcement agencies will generally set up more DWI Roadblocks / Safety Checkpoints. The United States Constitution addresses searches and seizures in the Fourth Amendment: “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.” – United States Constitution, Amendment IV The United States Supreme Court has said that stopping a vehicle at a DWI roadblock is a seizure for purposes of the Fourth Amendment.  See Michigan Dep’t of State Police v...continue to full post

Full post as published by Arkansas Criminal Defense Blog on December 30, 2009 (boomark / email).