Legal Opinion
State v. Nelson
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided March 10, 1994PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GLASSMAN, Justice.
Theodore Nelson appeals from the judgment entered in the Superior Court (Penobscot County, Kravchuk, J.) on a jury verdict finding him guilty of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor in violation of 29 M.R.S.A. § 1312-B (Pamph.1993). We agree with Nelson that because the stop of his motor vehicle was unlawful, the District Court (Bangor, Mead, J.) erred in not granting Nelson’s motion to suppress the evidence secured as a result of the stop and we vacate the judgment. Accordingly, we need not address the other issues raised by Nelson’s…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- United States v. CortezSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- State v. PinkhamSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1989
- State v. GriffinSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1983
- State v. ChapmanSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1985
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3Cited by21 opinions
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