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Armentrout v State- No SOP Not a Constitutional Roadblock

ARMENTROUT v. STATE, A15A0093, Court of Appeals of Georgia, May 15, 2015.  Renee Armentrout was stopped at a police roadblock implemented by the John’s Creek Police Department in Fulton County. She was ultimately arrested and charged with DUI. Armentrout challenged the Constitutionality of the Roadblock. The State bears the burden of establishing the Constitutionality of the […]

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Conscientious Roadblock Objector stymies Police Road Block

Fairdui.org has created a firestorm of praise and scorn on media sites across the country. Chanting the Mantra:  “I REMAIN SILENT, NO SEARCHES, I WANT MY LAWYER.”   They have even utilized their Fairdui flyers to successfully negotiate Police Roadblocks and posted a video of the same on youtube.com. The video shows a driver utilizing a FairDUI flyer […]

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Charales v State – State must present evidence of a Constitutionally valid roadblock policy

Charales v. State, A14A1040, November 12, 2014.  R. Charales was found guilty of driving under the influence after a bench trial in Fulton County. Charales appealed after the Court denied his motion to suppress his arrest based upon an allegedly illegal roadblock by Atlanta Police which resulted in his arrest.  The State failed to present evidence […]

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Citizen Videos illegal Georgia Roadblock by GSP in Cherokee

On February 20th, 2014, A citizen with a video camera recorded an illegal Georgia Roadblock and posted it to copblock.com where Troopers asked if he had any drugs and ordered him to pull over for a “vehicle safety inspection.”  Georgia law only allows Roadblocks for limited purposes and under limited conditions including license and insurance inspection, DUI, […]

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Taylor v State – when failure to cooperate with police is less safe DUI

Taylor v. State, A13A1899, March 6. 2014. Jeffrey Taylor was arrested for DUI less safe and obstruction at a Douglasville, Douglas County Roadblock.  The evidence showed that Mr. Taylor approached a roadblock.  He was nervous, visibly shaking, breathing heavily, had glassy eyes but not red, had an odor of alcohol and his heart was beating […]

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Police Officer admits never reading US Constitution but claims DUI road block is Constitutional?

The Daily Paul reported on December 15, 2013, that a California Police Officer who claimed a roadblock was Constitutional and legal had never read the Bill of Rights of the U.S. Constitution. Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution: “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches […]

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Williams v. State – Roadblock policy must be Constitutional for roadblock to legal

Williams v. State, S13G0178, October 21, 2013. In a DUI arrest from Macon, Georgia, a  Bibb County DUI roadblock was declared Unconstitutional by Georgia Supreme Court because the Bibb County Sheriff’s Department policy sanctioned roadblocks for general crime deterrence.  The Bibb County Sheriff’s Department policy stated, ” Vehicle Roadblocks- Vehicles may also be stopped at […]

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Brown v State – Legal Roadblocks must be specifically planned in advance

Brown v. State, S12G1287, October 21, 2013. The Georgia Supreme Court declared the Roadblock in Mr. Brown’s case unconstitutional in violation of the 4th Amendment. On April 6, 2010, there was a complaint about speeding, racing, and littering on Groover Road in Cobb County.  On April 7, 2010, an officer was sent to survey the […]

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It May Seem Hopeless, But Even a Roadblock DUI Can be Fought!

Roadblocks can be nerve-wracking, especially when attempting to avoid them is grounds for a traffic stop. But there is a flip side to the opportunities for arrest created by police through a roadblock. As established by the Georgia Court of Appeals in Thomas v. State (2005), for an arrest or evidence gathered from a roadblock to be legal […]

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