Title: State v. Alexander

State: vermont

Issuer: Vermont Supreme Court

Document:

NOTICE:  This opinion is subject to motions for reargument under V.R.A.P. 40
as well as formal revision before publication in the Vermont Reports.
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                                No. 88-057


State of Vermont                             Supreme Court

     v.                                      On Appeal from
                                             District Court of Vermont,
Timothy J. Alexander                         Unit No. 1, Windham Circuit

                                             September Term, 1990


Robert Grussing III, J.

Gary S. Kessler, Supervising Appellate Prosecutor, Montpelier, for
   plaintiff-appellee

Walter M. Morris, Jr., Defender General, and Anna Saxman and William A.
   Nelson, Appellate Defenders, Montpelier, for defendant-appellant


PRESENT:  Allen, C.J., Peck, Gibson, Dooley and Morse, JJ.


     MORSE, J.   Defendant appeals his conviction, after court trial, for
driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor.  He moved to suppress
evidence obtained when he was stopped for running a police roadblock,
claiming that the roadblock was illegal under State v. Martin, 145 Vt. 562,