State v. Lewis

The state appeals from an order of the district court, Yellowstone County, suppressing evidence the state sought to introduce in the trial of defendant Donald Lewis.

On the evening of October 8, 1975, an anonymous person called the home of Del Jones, a member of the Billings School Board. The caller threatened Jones and his family with the statement: “If the schools are not closed tomorrow, your house will be bombed.” The recipient of the telephone call laid the telephone receiver on a table and the Billings police were informed of the threatening call. The police, with the assistance of…