State v. Bristol

Nelson, Justice.

This case raises the issue of whether an order denying a pretrial motion to suppress evidence under the rule announced in State ex rel. Rasmussen v. Tahash, 272 Minn. 539, 141 N. W. (2d) 3, and certified by the trial judge as a “doubtful question” is an appealable order.

On March 2, 1966, defendant, Roger Bristol, was arrested by two agents of the State Crime Bureau pursuant to a warrant on the front steps of his home. He refused to allow the arresting officers to enter his home. Consequently, the agents, without a search warrant, smashed a quarter-panel of glass in the front…