State v. Steckino

On exceptions. The respondent was found guilty in the Superior Court for Androscoggin County of the crime of operating an automobile while under the influence of intoxicating liquor. The case came here on two exceptions: (1) To the refusal of the presiding justice to suppress the evidence offered by the arresting deputy sheriff, (2) to the refusal of the presiding justice to direct a verdict for the respondent.

An agreed statement of facts contained in the record discloses that the arresting officer, a deputy sheriff, not in uniform, was operating his personal motor vehicle along the streets…