State v. Fox

Murphy, Justice.

Defendant appeals from a judgment of conviction after trial for the crime of unlawful possession of narcotics, Minn. St. 618.01, 618.02, 618.21(1), committed in the city of Minneapolis January 27, 1967. It is contended that the trial court erred in refusing to suppress evidence allegedly secured by police authorities by an unlawful search and seizure.

This case is the byproduct of the execution of a search warrant issued in connection with an entirely different matter. A group of women had been under investigation for passing stolen checks and using stolen identification cards…