State v. Knowlton

Majority: SAUFLEY, C.J., and LEVY, SILVER, MEAD, and GORMAN, JJ.

Dissent: ALEXANDER, J.

LEVY, J.

[¶ 1] In this appeal we consider whether a Maine Drug Enforcement Agency (MDEA) agent initiated interrogation of a criminal defendant who had asserted his right to counsel, while in the agent’s custody, in violation of the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution and article I, section 6 of the Maine Constitution.

[¶ 2] The State appeals from the judgment of the Superior Court (Aroostook County, Hunter, J.) granting Scott E. Knowlton’s motion to suppress incriminating statements made after…