State v. Bouchles

McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

Defendant George Bouchles was charged by indictment with trafficking in a Schedule W drug (cocaine), 17-A M.R.S.A. § 1108 (Pamph.1982). In its interlocutory appeal pursuant to 15 M.R.S.A. § 2115-A (1980 & Supp.1982-1983), the State asserts that the Superior Court (Androscoggin County) erred in suppressing evidence seized by police officers during a warrantless search of defendant’s van. The evidence suppressed was the contents of several plastic bags found in a box under the front seat of the van.1 The Superior Court’s order, entered on March 10, 1982, was premised on…