JOHNSON v. STATE

No. C8-02-790.

673 N.W.2d 144 (2004)

Kevin JOHNSON, Respondent, v. STATE of Minnesota, petitioner, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

January 15, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mike Hatch, Attorney General, St. Paul, MN, Amy Klobuchar, Hennepin County Attorney, David C. Brown, Asst. County Attorney, Minneapolis, MN, for Appellant.

John M. Stuart, State Public Defender, Davi E. Axelson, Asst. State Public Defender, Minneapolis, MN, for Respondent.

Heard, considered, and decided by the court en banc.


OPINION

MEYER, Justice.

We are presented with the issue of whether DNA evidence seized pursuant to a court order under a sentencing statute — an order later determined to have misconstrued the meaning of the statute — must be suppressed by virtue of the exclusionary rule. The court of appeals held that the evidence must be suppressed. We reverse.

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