State v. Ackerley

Defendant appeals from a conviction for unlawful possession of marijuana and lysergic acid amide (LSD). He was sentenced on July 13, 1971, to a term not exceeding 20 years and paroled on May 26, 1972. The issues are whether the evidence should have been suppressed and whether the trial court in sentencing defendant was bound by an unaccepted offer by the state to recommend probation in return for a plea of guilty.

*496On June 4, 1971, at about 8 p. m., the Minneapolis police were called to the intersection of Fifth Street and Cedar Avenue South to quell a disturbance. One of the officers observed…