Lavern D. Kendrick a/k/a Lavern Kendrick a/k/a Laverne Kendrick v. State of Mississippi and Town of Puckett

Summary

The Mississippi Supreme Court affirmed Kendrick's DUI and drug‑paraphernalia convictions, holding that the safety checkpoint was a lawful, constitutionally permissible seizure because its primary purpose was to verify driver’s licenses and insurance, a legitimate public interest, and therefore the motion to suppress was denied.