State v. Knowlton

McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

Based on the tip of a confidential informant and on a “controlled buy” conducted by the informant on December 19, 1983, the police on the same day obtained a search warrant and carried out a search of the New Auburn apartment of defendants Thomas F. Knowlton and Debbie Knowl-ton. The seizure of certain evidence in the course of that search led to the indictment of defendants on charges of trafficking in scheduled drugs (Class B), 17-A M.R.S.A. § 1103 (1983); of furnishing scheduled drugs (Class D), 17-A M.R.S.A. § 1106 (1983); and of furnishing imitation scheduled…