State v. Hall

SHERAN, Chief Justice.

This is a pretrial appeal by the state, pursuant to R. 29.03, R.Crim.P., from an order of the district court which suppressed evidence on the ground that defendant’s arrest was not based on probable cause and dismissed a prosecution of defendant for introducing contraband into prison, Minn. Stat. § 243.55 (1978). We reverse and remand for further proceedings.

Without summarizing the evidence in gréat detail and without deciding whether the district court clearly erred in any of its findings — some of which related more to the ultimate issue of defendant’s guilt rather…