Legal Opinion
State v. Thornton
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided December 6, 1982PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARTER, Justice.
The defendant was charged with unlawfully furnishing scheduled drugs in violation of 17-A M.R.S.A. § 1106 (1981). The defendant filed a motion to suppress the observations made and the items seized at the defendant’s property by the police. After a suppression hearing in Superior Court (Somerset County), the justice granted the defendant’s motion. The State appeals, pursuant to 15 M.R.S.A. § 2115-A (Supp. 1979) and Rule 37B, M.R.Crim.P., the suppression order. We deny the appeal.
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2Cases cited38 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Schneckloth v. BustamonteSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Oliver v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- United States v. Alonzo Berrong and Jack McKayCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- State v. HarrimanSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1983
- State v. ThorntonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1984
- State v. RoweSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1982
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