Johnson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “Sergeant David Martin gave unrefuted testimony that he is a unit supervisor, that he has been authorized by the sheriff and department policy to establish roadblocks, that he made the decision to implement this particular roadblock, and that he was the supervisor on the scene who set up the checkpoint and ordered all the other officers where to be and what to do. In addition, a deputy who participated in the roadblock testified that Sergeant Martin is a supervisor, that Sergeant Martin initiated the roadblock and that Sergeant Martin told him and others what to do during the roadblock. This uncontradicted testimony that Sergeant Martin was a supervising officer authorized to order roadblocks was sufficient to establish that fact. [Cits.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Johnson v. State