State v. Miernik

Rogosheske, Justice.

This proceeding in prohibition, initiated in this court, raises the question of whether a complaint charging defendant with careless driving, 1 a statutory misdemeanor, and the proceedings which followed were constitutionally sufficient to support a finding of probable cause justifying the issuance of an arrest warrant. Our disposition is governed by State v. Burch, 284 Minn. 300, 170 N.W. (2d) 543.

At about 1:30 a. m. on July 7, 1968, defendant, operating his automobile, “rear ended” another automobile at the intersection of Kellogg and Broadway in St. Paul. The police…