STATE v. BLAIS


416 A.2d 1253 (1980)

STATE of Maine v. Amy BLAIS, Frank Borghetti, and Stephen White, Jr.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided July 9, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry N. Berry, III, Dist. Atty., Peter G. Ballou, Deputy Dist. Atty., Portland, Richard L. Currier (orally), Law Student Intern, for plaintiff.

Kettle & Carter, Edward W. Klein (orally), Burt Kettle, Portland, for Blais.

Juskewitch & Hunter, Susan E. Hunter (orally), Steven A. Juskewitch, Portland, for Borghetti.

Daniel G. Lilley, E. Paul Eggert, Portland (orally), for White.

Before McKUSICK, C. J., and WERNICK, GLASSMAN and ROBERTS, JJ.


McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

Defendants were charged by indictment with armed robbery, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 651(1)(E) (Supp.1979). In its interlocutory appeal from a pretrial order, 15 M.R.S.A. § 2115-A (1980), the State asserts that the Superior Court erred by suppressing, for use at any later trial, the contents of a large, opaque plastic bag found in the trunk of defendants' car during a warrantless search. The Superior Court's decision was grounded on its conclusions...

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