Legal Opinion

State v. Fortin

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided October 22, 1993PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WATHEN, Chief Judge.

Defendant Kenneth Fortin appeals from a judgment of the Superior Court (Washington County, Mead, J.) convicting him of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor. Pursuant to M.R.Crim.P. 11(a)(2), defendant entered a conditional guilty plea in the Superior Court after the District Court (Calais, Romei, J.) denied his motion to suppress the results of a blood alcohol test. He argues that the police stopped his vehicle illegally because of the absence of any articulable basis for a reasonable suspicion of criminal conduct. Finding no error, we…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Illinois v. GatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. State v. RandSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1981
  3. State v. TempleHawaii Supreme Court · 1982
  4. State v. CaronSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1987
  5. State v. ThurlowSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1984

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. State v. LafondSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2002
  2. State v. DeanSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1994
  3. State v. LittlefieldSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1996
  4. State v. DeanSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1994

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