State, City of Minneapolis v. Cook

SIMONETT, Justice.

Under the facts of this case, the defects in the search warrant obtained by telephone require suppression of the evidence seized in the search. For the reasons stated, we affirm the court of appeals and the trial court.

At about 11 p.m. on Sunday, July 21, 1991, Minneapolis police officers responded to complaints of a noisy, unruly party at defendants’ duplex in south Minneapolis. As Sgt. Michael Fossum approached the residence he could hear music from a block away. As he got closer he observed more than a dozen individuals drinking and shouting from the second floor deck of…