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STATE v. BROWN

No. 93-134.

138 N.H. 407 (1994)

THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE v. MATTHEW A. BROWN & a.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

April 5, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey R. Howard, attorney general (Brian R. Graf, assistant attorney general, on the brief and orally), for the State.

Stephen T. Jeffco, P.A., of Portsmouth (Stephen T. Jeffco on the joint brief), for defendant Matthew A. Brown, and Hawthorne and Brown, of Somersworth (Stan Hawthorne on the joint brief and orally), for defendant Dana Sullivan.

THAYER, J.

The defendants, Matthew A. Brown and Dana Sullivan, were charged with drug-related offenses. Brown filed a motion to suppress evidence seized at the time of his arrest, arguing that the arrest lacked probable cause. Sullivan joined in this motion. The Superior Court (Dickson, J.), after a consolidated hearing, granted the motion to suppress, which ruling the State now appeals. We reverse.

The trial court found the following facts in its order...

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