STATE v. STENSON

No. 13871.

575 P.2d 72 (1978)

STATE of Montana, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Allison K. STENSON, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided February 16, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael T. Greely, Atty. Gen., Helena, John P. Moore, County Atty., Cut Bank, Larry Epstein, Deputy County Atty. (argued), Cut Bank, for plaintiff-appellant.

Werner & Nelson, James C. Nelson (argued), Cut Bank, for defendant-respondent.

Barney Reagan, Cut Bank, Philip E. Roy, Browning, amicus curiae.


PETER G. MELOY, District Judge.*

Defendant, a non-Indian, was charged in the District Court, Glacier County, with criminal possession of dangerous drugs. The state appeals from the District Court's order suppressing evidence seized on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation by Blackfeet Tribal police acting under authority of a search warrant issued by the Blackfeet Tribal Court. The Blackfeet Tribe and Barney Reagan filed briefs as amicus curiae...

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