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STATE v. SANDERS

No. CO-82-1637.

339 N.W.2d 557 (1983)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Wilson SANDERS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

Rehearing Denied December 8, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth Meshbesher, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Atty. Gen., and Thomas J. Foley, Ramsey County Atty., Steven C. DeCoster, Asst. County Atty., St. Paul, for respondent.

Considered and decided by the court en banc without oral argument.

OPINION

TODD, Justice.

Defendant is being prosecuted in district court for possession of cocaine, which the police seized when defendant threw it away as he was alighting from his car after the police stopped him. Police stopped the car in the mistaken belief that defendant was one Ronald French, who they had probable cause to believe was guilty of selling stolen property. Defendant contended at the omnibus hearing that the police did not have a sufficient...

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