STATE v. SEAVEY


564 A.2d 388 (1989)

STATE of Maine v. Norman SEAVEY.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided September 15, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Christopher Almy, Dist. Atty., Philip Worden (orally), Asst. Dist. Atty., Bangor, for State.

G. Bradley Snow (orally), Tanous & Snow, East Millinocket, for defendant.

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


HORNBY, Justice.

The issue on this appeal is whether a police officer had grounds to stop a driver who failed to signal a right turn while the police officer, travelling in the opposite direction, was waiting to make a left turn at the same intersection. Concluding that the stop was justified, we affirm the judgment of the Superior Court.

At approximately 1:20 A.M. on a Saturday morning in early December of 1988, a Lincoln police officer, on patrol, was stopped...

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