Case ID: so3d_186/html/1149-02.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "HUGHES, J., CRICHTON, J.,", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

STATE of Louisiana v. Elbert SEALY.
    No. 2015-KK-1307.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Oct. 9, 2015.
   In re Elbert Sealy; — Defendant; Applying For Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of'-E. Baton Rouge, 19th Judicial District Court Div. G, No. 03-13-0558; to the Court of'Appeal, First Circuit, No;20l5 KW 0586; ' . '

| denied;'

HUGHES, J., would grant and assigns reasons.

CRICHTON, J., would grant and assigns reasons.

HUGHES, J.,

dissents.

|TI would grant the writ for the reasons assigned by Judge Higginbotham.

CRICHTON, J.,

would grant and assigns reasons.

| ] Because of the constitutional concerns associated with sobriety checkpoints, law enforcement officers must demonstrate that the standard and guidelines set forth in State v. Jackson have been satisfied. In my view, the State failed to make that showing; therefore, I would grant the defendant’s writ application, reverse the lower courts and order the defendant’s motion to suppress granted.