STATE v. MORSE


563 A.2d 1107 (1989)

STATE of Maine v. Craig MORSE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided September 18, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David W. Crook, Dist. Atty., William Baghdoyan, Asst. Dist. Atty., Skowhegan, Stephen Dassatti (orally), Asst. Atty. Gen., Augusta, for plaintiff.

Glen L. Porter (orally), Eaton, Peabody, Bradford & Veague, Bangor, for defendant.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and ROBERTS, WATHEN, GLASSMAN, CLIFFORD, HORNBY and COLLINS, JJ.


HORNBY, Justice.

The issue in this case is whether the State can seize, pursuant to a warrant issued some six months after the event in question, a tractor-trailer unit suspected of being involved in the crime of vehicular manslaughter. 17-A M.R.S.A. § 203 (1983 & Supp.1988). The Superior Court (Somerset County, Browne, J.) concluded that probable cause did not exist and granted the defendant's motion to suppress. The State has appealed. Concluding...

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