Legal Opinion
State v. Kettlewell
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided December 24, 1987No. 84-264PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAllen, C.J.
Defendant appeals his conviction of possession of marijuana in violation of 18 V.S.A. § 4224. He contends the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress the marijuana as evidence at his trial. We agree that the marijuana was the product of an unlawful search and vacate the conviction.
In the early evening of June 2, 1983, the town constable of Bakersfield, Vermont, provided the. following information to a state police officer:
I told him that Dave Kettlewell was on my land, that he had brought two people that were Mexican onto my property, that I did not know whether they were legal or…
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3Cited by30 opinions
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