State v. Maloney

SAUFLEY, Justice.

[¶ 1] The issue presented here is whether, in opposing a defendant’s motion to suppress, the State has the burden of proving the identity of the defendant. We conclude that it does not, and therefore vacate the decision of the District Court (Portland, Gor-anites, J.) granting a motion to suppress on the sole ground that the State failed at the suppression hearing to identify the defendant as the person arrested.

[¶ 2] On December 1, 1996, Officer Matthew Barrett of the South Portland Police Department observed a vehicle operating the wrong way on a one-way street in South…