State v. Porter

[¶ 1] The State of Maine appeals, pursuant to 15 M.R.S. 2115-A (2007), from the order of the Superior Court (Hancock County, Marden, J.) granting Debra L. Porter’s motion to suppress all evidence in the operating under the influence case brought against her. The State argues that the Superior Court was compelled to find that the stop of her motor vehicle was based on reasonable articulable suspicion and was therefore justified. In particular, the State challenges the court’s emphasis on speed and distance as indispensable factors to justify investigatory stops. We agree with the State’s…