Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2/9/2005

State v. Patterson

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2005 ME 26
868 A.2d 188
2005 Me. LEXIS 26

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concluding that officer's knock on a car window and an order to roll down the window constituted a seizure, although a mere request might have led to a different result
concluding that officer's knock on a car window and an order to roll down the window constituted a seizure, although a mere request might have led to a different result
noting that if request to open door is viewed as order, a seizure arguably occurred
noting that seizure arguably occurred where requests to open door and to produce driver’s license could be interpreted as order
seizure occurred when police officer approached a “vehicle parked among other cars in a well-used parking lot” and “instructed” the occupant “to roll down the window”

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Judges: Saufley, Clifford, Dana, Alexander, Calkins

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