State v. Mickelson

Defendant was indicted for criminal activity in drugs (possession of amphetamine sulfate). Her motion to suppress amphetamine tablets seized by the arresting officer was granted by the trial court and the state appeals. We affirm.

On January 17, 1974, narcotics officers executed a warrant to search an apartment and the person of a named tenant other than the defendant, for heroin. Defendant, along with others, was on the premises when the warrant was executed. She was held in the living room by Sergeant Johnson while other officers searched the rest of the apartment.

Deputy Chaney searched the…