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STATE v. PORTER

No. 40103.

144 N.W.2d 260 (1966)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Clifford Edward PORTER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

July 15, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Hemstad, International Falls, for appellant.

Robert W. Mattson, Atty. Gen., Gerard Snell, Sol. Gen., Linus J. Hammond, Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, Eugene T. Williamson, County Atty., International Falls, for respondent.

OPINION

OTIS, Justice.

Defendant appeals from a conviction for forgery. He challenges the trial court's jurisdiction on the ground he was illegally arrested.

Defendant is a fullblooded Chippewa Indian and an American citizen. He was a resident of Minnesota in January 1965 when the sheriff of Koochiching County was asked to arrest him for uttering a forged check. Having been advised that defendant was then in Canada, the sheriff communicated with...

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