Legal Opinion
State v. Burns
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided June 12, 1973PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
WEBBER, Justice.
This case comes to us on appeal from a conviction for possession of marijuana. Jury trial was waived below. The single issue presented for our consideration is whether defendant’s motion to suppress certain evidence was properly denied. We hold that the motion to suppress should have been granted in part and denied in part, and that the judgment must be set aside since we cannot determine from the record whether or not the Justice below may have relied upon inadmissible evidence.
On March 23, 1972 Captain Welsh of the Augusta police department obtained a valid warrant to…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Sibron v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- People v. MarshallCalifornia Supreme Court · 1968
- State v. StoneSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1972
- United States v. Clifford H. CollinsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1971
- Bouchard v. Dirigo Mutual Fire InsuranceSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1915
3Cited by1 opinion
- State v. LeBlancSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1975