Legal Opinion
State v. Giles
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided January 3, 1996PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WATHEN, Chief Justice.
Defendant Charles Giles appeals from a judgment entered in the Superior Court (Lincoln County, Atwood, J.) convicting him of operating a watercraft while under the influence of alcohol in violation of 12 M.R.S.A § 7801(9) (1994). The basis of Giles’ appeal is a ruling entered in the District Court (Wiscasset, Field, J.) denying his motion to suppress evidence obtained during a routine safety check of his boat by the United States Coast Guard. Defendant argues that the random stopping of boats in Boothbay Harbor by the Coast Guard, absent any articulable suspicion of…
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