State v. Hunt

LIPEZ, Justice.

Kenneth Hunt appeals from a judgment of conviction for theft by receiving stolen property, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 359 (1982), on the ground that the Superior Court (Penobscot County, Kravchuk, J.) improperly denied his pretrial motion to suppress evidence. 1 Hunt contends that items seized from an apartment a month after he vacated it must be excluded as “fruits of the poisonous tree.” We disagree and affirm the conviction.

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