No Checkpoint Policy? No Checkpoint Evidence.

Published for NC Criminal Law on February 10, 2014.

Regular and well-publicized checkpoints are an important component of the State’s effort to curtail impaired driving. Checkpoints provide specific as well as general deterrence. A handful of impaired drivers typically are arrested at any given checking station and subsequently prosecuted for impaired driving. Many more drivers than are stopped hear about the checkpoint. That publicity ... Read more

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