STATE v. DECOTEAU

No. 90-605

137 N.H. 106 (1993)

THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE v. DAVID DECOTEAU

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

April 23, 1993


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Arnold, attorney general (Jeffrey W. Spencer, assistant attorney general, on the brief and orally), for the State.

James E. Duggan, chief appellate defender, of Concord, by brief and orally, for the defendant.


HORTON, J.

The defendant, David Decoteau, was charged with the crimes of arson, RSA 634:1, II (1986), and attempted theft of insurance, RSA 629:1 (1986), RSA 637:3 (1986). He filed two motions to suppress evidence seized when investigators, acting pursuant to a warrant, searched the charred remains of his residence. Although the Superior Court (Groff, J.) denied his first motion, it granted the second motion, finding that the investigators exceeded the scope...

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