STATE v. MATOS

No. 90-393.

135 N.H. 410 (1992)

THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE v. GENEROSO KENNEDY MATOS

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

March 25, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Arnold, attorney general (Tina L. Nadeau, attorney, on the brief and orally), for the State.

W. Kirk Abbott, Jr., assistant appellate defender, of Concord, by brief and orally, for the defendant.


BROCK, C.J.

The State appeals from a ruling of the Superior Court (Hampsey, J.) granting the defendant's motion to suppress on the grounds that police officers failed to comply with the knock and announce rule. We reverse.

The facts are essentially undisputed. In February 1990, the Nashua police began a narcotics investigation involving Matthew Couris. An undercover detective made three purchases of cocaine from Couris at his apartment. Each time, Couris...

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