State v. Veigel

SHERAN, Chief Justice.

This is a pretrial appeal by the state, pursuant to Minn.R.Crim.P. 29.03, from an order of the district court suppressing evidence in a criminal prosecution. The issue raised by the state is whether the district court erred in concluding that a deputy sheriff violated defendant’s fourth amendment rights in conducting a warrantless search of the glove compartment of defendant’s automobile. We reverse and remand for trial.

While on patrol in western Nicollet County a deputy sheriff, accompanied by a reserve officer, came upon an abandoned motor vehicle which had been…