STATE v. PINKHAM


565 A.2d 318 (1989)

STATE of Maine v. Ronald PINKHAM.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided October 24, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David W. Crook, Dist. Atty., Evert Fowle (orally), Asst. Dist. Atty., Skowhegan, for the State.

John Alsop, Andrew Ketterer (orally), Ketterer and Alsop, Skowhegan, for defendant.

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


HORNBY, Justice.

The question in this case is whether a police officer has "specific and articulable facts" to justify stopping and warning a driver when he observes improper driving behavior not worthy of a citation for a traffic infraction. Concluding that a civil or criminal infraction is not always essential and that safety reasons alone could justify such a stop, we vacate the judgment of the District Court (Skowhegan, MacNichol, J.) that granted the defendant...

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