State v. Patterson

[¶ 1] The State of Maine appeals from a judgment entered in the District Court (Bangor, Russell, J.) granting Joshua Patterson’s motion to suppress evidence obtained after a University of Maine police officer approached his parked vehicle. The State argues that Patterson was not seized within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment, and that the evidence should have been admitted in the State’s prosecution of Patterson for OUI (Class D), pursuant to 29-A M.R.S.A. § 2411(1) (1996), 1 and operating after suspension (Class E), pursuant to 29-A M.R.S.A. § 2412-A(1), (3) (1996). 2 Because the record…