STATE v. SIMS

No. 910218.

881 P.2d 840 (1994)

STATE of Utah, Plaintiff, Petitioner, and Cross-Respondent, v. Louie Edwin SIMS, Defendant, Respondent, and Cross-Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Utah.

May 31, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Paul Van Dam, Atty. Gen., David B. Thompson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salt Lake City, for plaintiff.

G. Fred Metos, Salt Lake City, for defendant.


DURHAM, Justice:

In July 1988, the Utah Highway Patrol and the Juab County Sheriff placed a roadblock on Interstate 15 near Nephi, Utah.1 Police established the roadblock to look for automobile license, registration, and equipment violations, as well as liquor and drug violations. Defendant Louie Edwin Sims was among those stopped. Upon smelling alcohol and seeing an "open" liquor bottle in the...

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