Legal Opinion
State v. Hawkins
Court of Appeals of Minnesota
Decided February 7, 2001No. CX-00-1144PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PETERSON, Judge.
This appeal is from a pretrial order suppressing crack cocaine found during a search of appellant Eric Dean Hawkins after he was arrested for a misdemeanor offense. The state argues that there was probable cause to arrest Hawkins for a felony drug offense and, therefore, the crack cocaine was properly seized during a search incident to arrest. We reverse.
FACTS
The district court found that at about 1:40 a.m. on May 12, 2000, Minneapolis police officer Daniel Willis and his partner were on patrol near the intersection of Bloomington Avenue South and 27th Ave nue South in…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- State v. Joon Kyu KimSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1987
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- State v. OlsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1992
- In Re Welfare of G. (NMN) M.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1997
- Peterkin v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1971
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