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State v. Diede. MN criminal law, search and seizure.
Erika Diede was convicted in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, of possession of methamphetamine. But she got her conviction thrown out by the Minnesota Supreme Court.
The supreme court held that the evidence in the case (methamphetamine discovered in cigarette package) should have been suppressed. The stop was not a permissible Terry stop. Nor was the search of cigarette package reasonable to investigate mismatched license plates on vehicle, the offense for which she had been stopped. Under the fact of the case, defendant did not consent to search. Nor would the evidence have inevitably been discovered.
No. A09-1120, 795 N.W.2d 836 (Minn. Mar. 30, 2011).
Please see the original opinion for the court's exact language.
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