Legal Opinion
Piotrowski v. Commissioner of Public Safety
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided April 6, 1990No. C6-88-1039, C0-88-1148PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KEITH, Justice.
These consolidated appeals by the State of Minnesota and the Commissioner of Public Safety present issues concerning the authority of a Minnesota police officer to pursue a driver across the border into North Dakota after observing the driver commit a traffic offense in Minnesota in the officer’s presence. In both the DWI prosecution under Minn.Stat. § 169.121 (1986) and the implied consent proceeding under section 169.123, the driver, William Mark Piotrowski, sought to suppress all evidence that was the fruit of the pursuit and stop on the ground that the officer did not have…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- State, Department of Public Safety v. JuncewskiSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1981
- Smith v. HubbardSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1958
- State v. SchinzingSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1983
- State v. LucasSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1985
- State v. FilipiSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1980
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3Cited by17 opinions
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