City of St. Paul v. Duane Johnson Another

Appeal from a judgment of conviction for transporting a firearm in violation of the St. Paul Legislative Code, § 425.05 (l). 1 Defendants appeal, contending that their arrest was illegal and that evidence used against them'was the product of an unlawful search and seizure.

From the record it appears that at about 9 p. m. on the evening of December 29, 1968, a police officer on duty in an unmarked police car observed defendants walking toward a grocery store. As defendants approached the entrance, the officer noticed that one defendant wore a ski mask and the other pulled a similar mask down…