State v. Alesso

OTIS, Justice. *

This is an appeal of a criminal defendant who was convicted in district court, on stipulated facts, of the crime of possession of cocaine and who was given a stay of imposition of sentence by the trial court. The case was lost by defendant at the pretrial suppression hearing; thus the use of the stipulation procedure, which we approved in State v. Lothenbach, 296 N.W.2d 854 (Minn.1980). The issues on appeal are search and seizure issues relating to the police investigation that led to the discovery of the cocaine in defendant’s possession. We affirm.

Late on the evening of…