State v. Bennett

This appeal is taken by the state of Montana from an order suppressing evidence by the district court in the eighth judicial district, county of Cascade. The evidence suppressed by the court was seized at the time of the arrest of the three defendants Rosemary Bennett, Nancy Williams, and Vernon Brooks on January 29, 1971, in Great Falls, for the crime of possession of dangerous drugs.

The arrest of defendants and seizure of the evidence, was made in Apartment 4-W at 913 Second Avenue North, in Great Falls, by Detectives James Cook and Robert Dull. At the time of the arrest, the detectives did…