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STATE v. LEIGHTON

551 A.2d 116 (1988)

STATE of Maine v. Everett E. LEIGHTON.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided December 7, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Povich, Dist. Atty., Gail Marshall (orally), Asst. Dist. Atty., Patrick C. Larsen, Law Student, Ellsworth, for plaintiff.

Earle S. Tyler (orally), Milbridge, for defendant.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and ROBERTS, WATHEN, CLIFFORD and HORNBY, JJ.

McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

For the first time we here address the constitutionality of a roadblock set up by law enforcement officers to apprehend drunk drivers. At about 1:00 a.m. on Sunday, July 19, 1987, defendant Everett E. Leighton was stopped at a roadblock on U.S. Route 1 in the town of Hancock and arrested for operating under the influence (OUI). Defendant entered a conditional guilty plea, M.R.Crim.P. 11(a)(2), in the Superior Court (Hancock County; Beaulieu...

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