Legal Opinion
State v. Kent
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided March 29, 2011PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLevy, J.
[¶ 1] Tara L. Kent appeals from a judgment of conviction of operating under the influence (Class D), 29-A M.R.S. § 2411(1-A)(B)(1) (2010), entered in the Superior Court (Androscoggin County, Clifford, J.) after a jury trial. Kent contends that the court erred when it denied her motion to suppress because the OUI roadblock stop that led to her arrest was an unreasonable seizure of her person in violation of the Fourth Amendment. Because we conclude that the State did not meet its burden of establishing at the motion hearing that the roadblock stop was constitutionally reasonable, we vacate the…
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