State v. Bolduc

[¶ 1] The State appeals pursuant to 15 M.R.S.A. § 2115-A (1980 & Supp.1997) from an order entered in the District Court (Au gusta, Beliveau, J.) suppressing evidence that Mark Bolduc operated a vehicle under the influence of intoxicants in violation of 29-A M.R.S.A. § 2411 (1996). 1 Because there were articulable facts which warranted the investigatory stop and there was probable cause to require that Bolduc take a blood-alcohol test, we vacate the order.

[¶ 2] On September 26, 1997, at approximately 10:00 p.m., Deputy Sheriff Eric Test-erman of the Kennebec County Sheriffs Department…