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COMMONWEALTH v. McGEOGHEGAN

389 Mass. 137 (1983)

449 N.E.2d 349

COMMONWEALTH vs. HARVEY McGEOGHEGAN (and fourteen companion cases).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

May 11, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Traft, Assistant District Attorney (Ellen Fulham, Assistant District Attorney, with him) for the Commonwealth.

Jeanne Baker (John Reinstein & Stephanie A. Cleverdon with her for Richard J. Smith, Dominic J. Paratore for John Mitchell & Leonard A. Hanlon for Herbert Cruikshank also with her).

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., WILKINS, LIACOS, ABRAMS, NOLAN, LYNCH, & O'CONNOR, JJ.

O'CONNOR, J.

In this appeal by the Commonwealth from the dismissal of several criminal complaints, we consider the lawfulness of a roadblock stop of motor vehicles for the purpose of detecting drunk drivers. A District Court judge heard the defendant McGeoghegan's motion to dismiss the complaints against him, and the parties agreed that the judge's rulings on that motion would apply to the complaints against the other defendants as well. McGeoghegan's motion, which...

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