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STATE v. KNOCH

Nos. A09-1384, A09-1385.

781 N.W.2d 170 (2010)

STATE of Minnesota, Plaintiff, v. Laura Josephine KNOCH, Defendant, Jeri Ann Watson, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

April 20, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lori Swanson, Attorney General, St. Paul, MN, and James C. Backstrom, Dakota County Attorney, Vance B. Grannis, III, Assistant County Attorney, Hastings, MN, for plaintiff.

David W. Merchant, Chief Appellate Public Defender, Theodora Gaïtas, Assistant Public Defender, St. Paul, MN, for defendants.

Considered and decided by HUDSON, Presiding Judge; CONNOLLY, Judge; and JOHNSON, Judge.

OPINION

JOHNSON, Judge.

In these consolidated cases, Laura Josephine Knoch and Jeri Ann Watson were charged separately with fifth-degree possession of a controlled substance, methamphetamine. Knoch and Watson jointly moved to dismiss their cases for lack of probable cause on the ground that the state had evidence only of a field test, but not of a confirmatory test, to prove that the substances seized from them are, in fact, methamphetamine. After an evidentiary...

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