Legal Opinion
State v. Sanders
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided November 4, 1983No. CO-82-1637PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
TODD, Justice.
Defendant is being prosecuted in district court for possession of cocaine, which the police seized when defendant threw it away as he was alighting from his car after the police stopped him. Police stopped the car in the mistaken belief that defendant was one Ronald French, who they had probable cause to believe was guilty of selling stolen property. Defendant contended at the omnibus hearing that the police did not have a sufficient basis for thinking that he was French and that therefore the cocaine should be suppressed and his prosecution terminated. The district…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- City of St. Paul v. VaughnSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1975
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