State v. Moreau

The issues in this search and seizure case are whether there was probable cause for the issuance of the search warrant and whether the scope of the search was impermissibly broad. After an exclusionary hearing before the superior court, at which the only witness was Lieutenant Inspector William Mortimer of the Portsmouth Police Department, defendants made a motion to suppress the marijuana, heroin, amphetamine, and a pistol obtained by the police during the search. The motion was denied by the Court (Grant, J.), and the defendants consented to the entry of guilty findings subject to a…