State v. Severtson

Scott, Justice.

This is an appeal by the state pursuant to Minn. St. 632.11 from a pretrial order of the district court suppressing certain personal papers of defendant which the state contends are necessary to establish defendant’s guilt of two counts of constructive possession of controlled substances in violation of Minn. St. 152.- 09, subd. 1(2), and 152.15, subd. 2(2). The issue raised by the state is whether a seizure by police of papers not described in the search warrant is violative of defendant’s Fourth Amendment rights. In reversing the suppression order, we hold that such a seizure…