A woman was stopped at a police roadblock to check for drunk…

A woman was stopped at a police roadblock to check for drunk drivers. The police were stopping every third vehicle that came through the checkpoint, and the woman’s car turned out to be a third vehicle. After failing a field sobriety test, the woman was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated. Was the stop of the woman’s car legal?

The police suspected that an 18-year-old living with his mot…

The police suspected that an 18-year-old living with his mother was selling marijuana to his high school classmates.  The police went to the house without a search warrant and secured the mother’s permission to search the teen’s bedroom. In the bedroom, they found a locked suitcase under the teen’s bed. The mother said that it was her son’s suitcase but that they could search it. The police then broke the lock, opened it, and found a substantial amount of marijuana.  The police charged the teen with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute it.  If the teen should bring a pretrial motion to suppress the marijuana, how should the court rule on the motion?