Legal Opinion
State v. Cloutier
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided July 29, 1988PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLIFFORD, Justice.
The State of Maine has appealed1 from an order of the Maine District Court, Wa-terville, granting Rodney Cloutier’s motion to suppress evidence seized from his residence. The evidence in controversy was seized pursuant to a warrant that was based upon earlier observations of a police officer made through a basement window from the walkway area immediately outside the door of the defendant’s residence. We vacate the judgment.
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