State v. Groome’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “The State argues that it need not introduce evidence about the specific effectiveness of this roadblock because, by its very nature, every license check roadblock determines whether the driver is legally licensed. The State’s position that license check roadblocks are ipso facto constitutional, thereby eliminating the requirement of effectiveness from the Brown formula relies upon [Site]. While Sitz does criticize “searching examination of effectiveness” by trial courts, it retains the requirement that the State produce empirical data to support the effectiveness of its roadblock. Sitz, [496 U.S.] at 454 [ 110 S.Ct. 2481 ] (“unlike [Prouse ], this case [does not involve] a complete absence of empirical data....”). The record supports the trial court’s finding that the State failed to produce any evidence satisfying the second prong of the Brown test.”

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