State v. Crea

Defendant was found guilty by the Anoka County District Court, sitting without a jury, of a charge of concealing stolen property, Minn. St. 609.53, and sentenced to a fine of $1,000 and a term of imprisonment, with execution of the prison sentence stayed. Upon this appeal from judgment of conviction, defendant contends that his conviction was based on evidence seized in violation of his Fourth Amendment rights, evidence which defendant sought to suppress at a Rasmussen hearing. We affirm.

At 4:20 a. m. on December 15, 1971, the dispatcher for the Anoka County sheriff’s office received a…