STATE v. MIERNIK

No. 41749.

170 N.W.2d 231 (1969)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. John G. MIERNIK, Jr., Relator.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

August 15, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sokolowski & Keating, Minneapolis, for relator.

Douglas M. Head, Atty. Gen., St. Paul, Joseph P. Summers, City Atty., James W. Kenney, Asst. City Atty., Daniel A. Klas, Sp. Asst. City Atty., St. Paul, for respondent.

Minnesota County Attorneys Ass'n, William B. Randall, County Atty., Raymond L. Flader, Asst. County Atty., St. Paul, amicus curiae.


OPINION

ROGOSHESKE, Justice.

This proceeding in prohibition, initiated in this court, raises the question of whether a complaint charging defendant with careless driving,1 a statutory misdemeanor, and the proceedings which followed were constitutionally sufficient to support a finding of probable cause justifying the issuance of an arrest warrant. Our disposition is governed by State v. Burch, Minn., 170 N.W...

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