State v. Morse

The defendant, William F. Morse, after a jury trial in Superior Court (Nadeau, J.), was convicted on charges of aggravated felonious sexual assault, RSA 632-A:2 (Supp. 1983), kidnapping, RSA 633:1, and first degree assault, RSA 631:1 (Supp. 1983). On appeal, he argues that certain items of evidence admitted at trial should have been excluded, under the doctrine of Wong Sun v. United States, 371 U.S. 471, 485 (1963), because the police seized them after entering Morse’s motel room and arresting him without a warrant. The question before us is whether the entry violated the defendant’s rights…