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COMMONWEALTH v. TRUMBLE

396 Mass. 81 (1985)

483 N.E.2d 1102

COMMONWEALTH vs. JOHN F. TRUMBLE (and two companion cases.)

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

October 15, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Byron D. Caplice for Edward F. Massey.

Robert J. Bray for John F. Trumble & another.

Edward F. Berlin, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Francis X. Bellotti, Attorney General, Carl Valvo, Assistant Attorney General, & Stanley E. Adelman, Special Assistant Attorney General, for the Secretary of Public Safety, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., WILKINS, LIACOS, ABRAMS, NOLAN, LYNCH, & O'CONNOR, JJ.

NOLAN, J.

On July 2 and 3, 1983, State police officers conducted a roadblock on Route 116 in Sunderland. Each of the three defendants was stopped at the roadblock and, subsequently, arrested and charged with operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol. G.L.c. 90, § 24 (1984 ed.). Each defendant moved to suppress evidence obtained as a result of the roadblock, alleging violations of his rights under both the United States Constitution and the...

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