State v. LaRose

OPINION

RANDALL, Judge.

On consolidated appeals from separate convictions for felony fifth-degree controlled substance crime (possession of marijuana), appellant argues that the law against possessing marijuana is merely a civil/regulatory law and, thus, the State of Minnesota cannot enforce that law on the Leech Lake Indian Reservation. Appellant also argues that the search warrant in one of the two cases was improperly issued to a reservation peace officer. Appellant further claims that the cooperative agreement between the state and reservation officers was invalid, and that, in any event,…