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• DWI Case Dismissed for Unconstitutional Checkpoint
  Copy of Wake County, North Carolina Press Release Carried by Local News
  On September, 9, 2009, a Superior Court Judge in Wake County, North Carolina suppressed all of the state's evidence and dismissed the DWI charge against the Defendant when the city's DWI Checkpoint plan was held to be a violation of the Defendant's 4th Amendment Rights under the United States Constitution.
• Melendez-Diaz vs. Massachusetts
  Copy of Press Release with Commentary of the United States Supreme Court Ruling in Melendez-Diaz vs. Massachusetts Carried by Local News
  On June 25, 2009, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled, in a 5-4 vote, that an affidavit of a chemical analyst is testimonial in nature and subject to the confrontation clause.

• Commenting on Florida SB 1810

• Florida's DWI Law Revision Could Lead to Conviction of Sober People
  

Related resources

• Brown v. Texas
• City of Indianapolis v. Edmond
• Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts