State v. Patterson

McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

The Superior Court (Penobscot County, Smith J.) entered judgment on defendant Orville Patterson’s conditional plea of guilty to the charge of operating a motor vehicle while an habitual offender, 29 M.R. S.A. § 2298 (Class C) (Supp.1989). On appeal, defendant challenges the denial by the Superior Court (Browne, A.R.J.) of his motion to suppress evidence. Defendant contends that a state police officer stopped him at an illegal roadblock that tainted all of the evidence the officer obtained after the stop. We affirm the court’s finding that the stop did not violate…