STATE v. TARANTINO


587 A.2d 1095 (1991)

STATE of Maine v. Francis Michael TARANTINO.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided February 25, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Anderson (orally), Dist. Atty., Rockland, for plaintiff.

Burt Kettle, Brunswick, James Sultan (orally), Rankan & Sultan, Boston, Mass., for defendant.

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


ROBERTS, Justice.

Francis Michael Tarantino entered conditional pleas of guilty to unlawful furnishing and trafficking in scheduled drugs. By this appeal, Tarantino challenges an order of the Superior Court (Waldo County, Smith J.) denying his motion to suppress contraband seized in a search of his car. Because the search of Tarantino's car was proper under the automobile exception to the warrant requirement, we affirm Tarantino's convictions.

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