O'CONNOR v. JOHNSON

No. 49232.

287 N.W.2d 400 (1979)

David O'CONNOR, Petitioner, v. The Honorable Robert F. JOHNSON, Judge of County Court, County of Ramsey, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

November 9, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David W. Nord, St. Paul, for petitioner.

David O'Connor, pro se.

Thomas W. Foley, County Atty., Steven C. DeCoster, and Paul E. Lindholm, Asst. County Attys., St. Paul, for respondent.

Henson & Efron, Robert F. Henson, Alan C. Eidsness and David F. Fisher, Minneapolis, for Minn. State Bar Assn.

Jack S. Nordby, St. Paul, William F. Mauzy, Minneapolis, John R. Wylde, St. Paul, for Nat'l Assn. of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., Thomas L. Fabel, Deputy Atty. Gen., and Gary Hansen, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, for Minnesota Atty. Gen.

Heard, considered, and decided by the court en banc.


WAHL, Justice.

This is an original proceeding in the Supreme Court pursuant to Rule 120, Rules of Civil Appellate Procedure, for a writ of prohibition directing respondent, a Ramsey County Municipal Court Judge, to quash an order upholding the validity of a search warrant of an attorney's office. Writ granted.

This case arose from an investigation into certain liquor establishments by the St. Paul Police Department. Believing that false written statements...

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