State v. Lee

Yetka, Justice.

This is an appeal by the state pursuant to Minn. St. 632.11, subd. 1(1), from an order of the district court dismissing the prosecution of defendant for felonious theft, Minn. St. 609.52, subds. 2(1) and 3(2), on the ground that the arrest was illegal and that therefore the court did not have jurisdiction over defendant’s person: We reverse and remand for trial.

At 4:15 a.m. on March 22, 1974, Officer Joseph Guy of the Roseville Police Department stopped defendant after observing him driving in the vicinity of Snelling Avenue and County Road B at a speed estimated at 50 miles…