State v. Menard

[¶ 1] Pursuant to 15 M.R.S.A. § 2115-A (2003) and M.R.App. P. 21, the State appeals from an order entered in the District Court (W. Bath, Perry, A.R.J.) granting the motion of Mark Menard to suppress evidence in the operating under the influence case brought against him. The State contends that the court incorrectly concluded that a Brunswick police officer violated the fresh pursuit statute when he stopped Menard’s vehicle in Topsham. We agree with the State’s contention that the officer had a reasonable articulable suspicion that Menard had been operating under the influence in Brunswick,…