State v. Bell

The defendant, Elliott M. Bell, appeals a decision of the Superior Court (Brown, J.) denying his motion to suppress evidence that he possessed less than one ounce of the controlled drug “ecstasy.” See RSA 318-B:2 (2011) (amended 2011). We affirm.

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The following facts are drawn from the trial court’s order denying the defendant’s motion to suppress, or are otherwise undisputed. On July 28, 2010, Dover Police Officers Matthew Boc and Paul Levin investigated a noise complaint at an apartment building in Dover. With the complainant’s help, they traced the sound to one apartment and knocked on the…