State v. May

WATHEN, Chief Justice.

Defendant Fitzwilliam May appeals his conviction by the Superior Court (Knox County, Silsby, J.), on his conditional guilty plea, of unlawful possession of a scheduled drug, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 1107 (Supp.1991). The sole issue on appeal is whether the District Court (Rockland, Wescott, J.) erred in denying defendant’s motion to suppress the evidence obtained when, after defendant’s release from custody, the arresting officer searched defendant’s wallet that another officer had found in the back seat of the police cruiser in which defendant had been transported. Because the…