Legal Opinion

State v. Lewry

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided November 4, 1988PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

George Lewry appeals from his jury conviction in the Superior Court (Cumberland County; Lipez, J) for operating under the influence, 29 M.R.S.A. § 1312 (1978 & Supp.1987), and for violating the habitual offender law, id. § 2298 (Supp.1987). We find no merit in any of Lewry’s contentions that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress all evidence acquired following a police officer’s stop of Lewry’s vehicle. The stop was plainly justified by Lewry’s violation of 29 M.R.S.A. § 1072 (1978) in failing to dim his headlights despite the officer’s repeated…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Pennsylvania v. BruderSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  3. Spickler v. YorkSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1986

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. McAlister v. Slosberg (In Re Slosberg)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Maine · 1998
  2. State v. BacoteSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1998
  3. Angus v. Wald (In Re Wald)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Alabama · 1997
  4. McCall v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1989
  5. State v. CurtisSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1991

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