Legal Opinion
State v. Sweatt
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided March 30, 1981PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GODFREY, Justice.
Dale and Carol Sweatt moved in Superior Court for return of certain seized property and for suppression of the use of it as evidence. Although no criminal proceeding was pending against them, the Sweatts moved, pursuant to M.R.Crim.P. 41(e), to obtain return of property taken by the police during searches and seizures that the Sweatts contend were unlawful under the state and federal constitutions.
The State of Maine appeals and the Sweatts cross-appeal from an order of the Superior Court granting in part the Sweatts' motion to suppress. The Superior Court ordered suppression…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Rakas v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Rawlings v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- United States v. SalvucciSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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3Cited by22 opinions
- State v. PhilbrickSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1981
- State v. BoilardSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1985
- State v. PelletierSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1996
- Plumbago Mining Corp. v. SweattSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1982
- State v. ThorntonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1982
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