State v. Gravel

The defendant, Raymond Gravel, appeals his jury conviction for possession of cocaine, claiming that the Trial *174Court {Dunn, J.) committed error in refusing to grant his pre-trial motion seeking to have suppressed at trial certain statements he made after his arrest and all physical evidence obtained as a result of those statements. In addition, he claims that inadmissible hearsay was repeatedly placed before the jury, and that his requests for a mistrial on that basis were erroneously denied. For the reasons that follow, we reverse.

The facts, as they relate to this appeal, are as follows.…