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STATE v. LaPLANTE

Docket: Han-10-270.

26 A.3d 337 (2011)

2011 ME 85

STATE of Maine v. Ronald A. LaPLANTE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: August 2, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey C. Toothaker, Esq. , Toothaker & Chong, Ellsworth, ME, Zachary Heiden, Esq. , (orally), Maine Civil Liberties Union, Portland, ME, for Ronald LaPlante.

William M. Entwisle , Asst. Dist. Atty., (orally), Prosecutorial District VII, Ellsworth, ME, for State of Maine.

Walter F. McKee, Esq. , Maine Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Freeport, ME, for amicus curiae Maine Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Zachary Heiden, Esq. , Maine Civil Liberties Union, Portland, ME, for amicus curiae Maine Civil Liberties Union.

William J. Schnieder , Attorney General, Donald W. Macomber , Asst. Atty. Gen., Augusta, ME, for amicus curiae Attorney General.

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

LEVY, J.

[¶ 1] In this appeal, we consider the constitutionality of a state trooper's stop of a vehicle for the sole purpose of seeking information from the operator concerning another vehicle that the trooper observed speeding. This issue arises from Ronald A. LaPlante's conviction of operating under the influence (Class C), 29-A M.R.S. § 2411(1-A)(C)(3) (2010), entered in the Superior Court (Hancock County, Cuddy, J.) after his conditional guilty...

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