Case Name: BALLARD v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Court: Florida Circuit Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1987-08-26
Citations: 24 Fla. Supp. 2d 164
Docket Number: Case No. 86-290 AC (County Case No. 41446,7,8NU)
Parties: BALLARD v STATE OF FLORIDA
Judges: 
Reporter: Florida Supplement Second
Volume: 24
Pages: 164–165

Head Matter:
BALLARD v STATE OF FLORIDA
Case No. 86-290 AC (County Case No. 41446,7,8NU)
Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Appellate Division, Dade County
August 26, 1987
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Marti Rothenberg, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Terry L. Bedford, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.
Before NADLER, KAYE, GREENBAUM, JJ.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
GREENBAUM, Judge.
The Trial Court denied the Defendant's Motion to Suppress. The issue to be determined was whether the State was required to present those guidelines which established the parameters of the road block.
The State must prove the legality of its search and automobile road block stop, by presenting to the Court proper established guidelines. By its failure to properly present this primary material evidence, they fail to meet the burden of proof necessary to establish the legality of the road block, thereby violating the Defendant's Constitutional rights as guaranteed by the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution.
According, this case is reversed and the Motion to Suppress is granted.