STATE v. PARKER

No. 41538.

166 N.W.2d 347 (1969)

STATE of Minnesota, Appellant, v. Samuel Lenard PARKER and Geraldine Waunita Thibodeaux, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

Rehearing Denied April 9, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas M. Head, Atty. Gen., Richard H. Kyle, Sol. Gen., St. Paul, William B. Randall, County Atty., St. Paul, Warren E. Peterson, Asst. County Atty., for appellant.

Robins & Meshbesher, Ronald I. Meshbesher and Morley M. Friedman, Minneapolis, for respondents.

Heard before KNUTSON, C. J., and NELSON, MURPHY, OTIS, and FRANK T. GALLAGHER, JJ.


OPINION

OTIS, Justice.

This is a prosecution on an indictment charging defendants with possession of narcotics. The State of Minnesota appeals from an order of the district court suppressing evidence obtained through a search warrant executed by police officers who failed to announce their authority and purpose before gaining entry.

On March 26, 1968, Robert P. Kunz, a police officer for the city of St. Paul, petitioned for and obtained from the...

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