Legal Opinion
State v. Curtis
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided July 9, 1971No. 42283PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Otis, Justice.
Defendant appeals from a conviction for possession of marijuana in violation of Minn. St. 618.02. The only issue is whether the search which resulted in the discovery of marijuana following defendant’s arrest for a minor traffic violation was valid. We hold that it was not, and the evidence thus obtained should therefore have been suppressed.
On September 29, 1968, at about 10 p. m., Officers Thomas Burke and Robert R. Patsy of the St. Paul Police Department observed defendant driving south on Victoria Street in a car with defective taillights. He stopped at Selby Avenue and…
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