Lower Court Holding
Decision of the Minnesota State Supreme Court
At approximately 8 p.m. on the evening of May 15, 1994, an anonymous informant approached Eagan police officer Jim Thielen. The informant, whom Thielen never had seen before, told Thielen that he/she had walked by apartment 103 at 3943 South Valley View Drive and observed people sitting around a table inside the apartment "bagging" a white powder. The informant also told Thielen that he/she believed the occupants of the apartment had used a blue, four-door Cadillac located in the parking lot adjacent to the apartment complex. In response to this information, Thielen went to the complex and approached the ground…
