State v. Nason

GODFREY, Justice.

Defendant Michael Nason appeals from a judgment of conviction for trafficking in prison contraband, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 757 (Supp.1980), 1 entered by the Superior Court after a jury trial. In a pretrial suppression hearing, the Superior Court denied Nason’s motion to suppress certain scheduled drugs that a state police officer ordered Nason to remove from his rectal cavity upon arrival at the Maine State Prison. Nason challenges the constitutional propriety of that “search and seizure” and contends that the court erred in admitting the evidence thus obtained. Nason also…