STATE v. THORNTON


485 A.2d 952 (1984)

STATE of Maine v. Richard THORNTON.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided December 12, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wayne S. Moss, Asst. Atty. Gen. (orally), Augusta, David W. Crook, Dist. Atty., John D. Alsop, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., Skowhegan, for plaintiff.

Dyer, Goodall & Zeegers, Donna L. Zeegers (orally), Augusta, for defendant.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and NICHOLS, ROBERTS, VIOLETTE, WATHEN, GLASSMAN and SCOLNIK, JJ.


McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

This State's appeal from a Superior Court (Somerset County) suppression order is once again before us on remand from the Supreme Court of the United States, following the reversal in that court of our decision in State v. Thornton, 453 A.2d 489 (Me.1982) (Thornton I), rev'd sub nom. Oliver v. United States, ___ U.S. ___, 104 S.Ct. 1735, 80 L.Ed.2d 214 (1984). In Thornton I, we affirmed...

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