Legal Opinion

State v. Luciow

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided March 26, 1976No. 45483, 46876PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Todd, Justice.

Defendant, Theodore Elko Luciow (Luciow), appeals his conviction on two counts of possession of a controlled substance. He contends the trial court erred in refusing to compel the prosecution to disclose the name of the informant whose information was the basis for the search warrant. Luciow also asserts as error the admission into evidence of substances obtained from his companion at the time of arrest, and certain prosecutorial comments regarding some of those substances.

Since the trial judge’s resolution of the informant-disclosure problem affords no clear basis for inferring…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  3. Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  4. Roviaro v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  5. McCray v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1967

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3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Franks v. DelawareSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. State v. MooreSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1989
  3. State v. RichardsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1992
  4. United States v. Robert Lee HouseCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1979
  5. State v. HouleSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1977

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