Legal Opinion
Wensman v. State
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided January 13, 1984No. C0-83-76PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMONETT, Justice.
On October 13, 1979, while executing a warrant to search petitioner’s apartment in connection with a homicide investigation, Minneapolis police discovered and seized cocaine pursuant to the plain-view seizure rule. Petitioner was subsequently charged with unlawful possession of cocaine. After the trial court denied his motion to suppress, petitioner pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 5 years in prison with execution stayed. Probation was revoked in May of 1980 after petitioner was árrested for selling cocaine to an undercover agent. In February of 1982 petitioner filed this…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Scott v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- State v. KnafflaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1976
- State v. LothenbachSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1980
- State v. LudtkeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1981
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Opsahl v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2004
- State v. WukawitzSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2003
- State v. DeWaldSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1990
- Hoagland v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1994
- State v. JeneyCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1989
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