State v. Sargent

[¶ 1] The State of Maine appeals from an order entered in the Superior Court (Aroostook County, Hunter, J.) granting Bradley Sargent’s motion to suppress evidence in the case brought against him for unlawful possession of scheduled drugs (Class C), 17-A M.R.S. § 1107-A(1)(B)(3) (2008). The court suppressed the evidence after holding that the search of a bag in the passenger compartment of Sargent’s vehicle was unreasonable under the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution. The court held that Sargent’s consent to search his vehicle did not reasonably extend to closed containers…