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Law Enforcement and Corrections

University of Michigan Law School

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

1988

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Clearing The Roadblocks To Sobriety Checkpoints, Mark R. Soble Apr 1988

Clearing The Roadblocks To Sobriety Checkpoints, Mark R. Soble

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

This Note examines the constitutional and policy implications of sobriety checkpoints. Part I discusses the competing interests involved in implementing sobriety checkpoints. Part II presents an appropriate constitutional standard for judging sobriety checkpoints. Part III proposes reform-oriented measures that conform to constitutional guidelines. This Note concludes that properly conducted sobriety checkpoints are constitutional.