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COM. v. BEAMAN

880 A.2d 578 (2005)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. Gary BEAMAN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided August 15, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin McNicholas, for Gary Beaman.

David R. Crowley, Bellefonte, for Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Michael Wayne Streily, Pittsburgh, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Before: CAPPY, C.J., NIGRO, NEWMAN, SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, JJ.

OPINION

Justice SAYLOR.

This appeal involves a facial constitutional challenge to the validity of police sobriety checkpoints. The primary question for resolution centers on whether roving police patrols are more efficient at identifying and apprehending drunk drivers, and, if so, whether this fatally undermines the constitutional validity of checkpoints due to the suspicionless stops that they entail.

On June 9, 2001, the Pittsburgh City...

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