STATE v. HOUFF

No. 45401.

243 N.W.2d 129 (1976)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Thomas Chester HOUFF, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

May 28, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Paul Jones, Public Defender, Rosalie E. Wahl, Spec. Asst. Public Defender, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., Peter W. Sipkins, Sol. Gen., Kent G. Harbison, Spec. Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, Wallace C. Sieh, County Atty., Austin, for respondent.

Heard before SHERAN, C. J., and ROGOSHESKE and SCOTT, JJ., and considered and decided by the court en banc.


SHERAN, Chief Justice.

Defendant, after being certified for prosecution as an adult, was found guilty by a Mower County District Court jury of burglary, Minn.St. 609.58, subd. 2(3), and sentenced to not to exceed 3 years in prison. On appeal, defendant contends that his conviction should be set aside because (1) he was improperly certified for prosecution as an adult; (2) evidence admitted against him at trial was obtained in violation of his Fourth Amendment rights...

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