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State v. Maxfield

Citations

  • 121 N.H. 103
  • 427 A.2d 12
  • 1981 N.H. LEXIS 261

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  • constitutionally permissible to search canister seized during a search incident to an arrest for driving while intoxicated
  • where the police had lawfully arrested the defendant, the subsequent warrantless search of a film canister that fell out of the defendant’s clothing was “a reasonable intrusion that did not violate” either the Federal or State Constitutions
  • post-arrest detention search constitutionally permissible as a search incident to arrest

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Judges: Bois

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