STATE v. FLINT

Docket: Cum-10-324.

12 A.3d 54 (2011)

2011 ME 20

STATE of Maine, v. Scott E. FLINT.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: February 10, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Heather Gonzales, Esq. , Strike, Goodwin & O'Brien, Portland, ME, for Scott Flint.

Stephanie Anderson , District Attorney, William Barry , Asst. Dist. Atty., Portland, ME, for the State of Maine.

Panel: SAUFLEY, C.J., and ALEXANDER, LEVY, MEAD, GORMAN, and JABAR, JJ.


JABAR, J.

[¶ 1] The line between an investigatory stop and a de facto arrest is often difficult to draw but highly significant—an arrest must meet the more demanding standard of probable cause. In this case, because we conclude that the police had probable cause to arrest Scott E. Flint, we affirm the denial of Flint's motion to suppress entered in the Unified Criminal Docket (Cumberland County, Eggert, J.).

I. BACKGROUND

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