Eldridge v. State

OPINION

BRYNER, Chief Judge.

Vincent S. Eldridge appeals his conviction of misconduct involving a controlled substance in the third degree (possession of cocaine with intent to deliver), AS 11.71.-030(a)(1), arguing that Superior Court Judge Richard D. Saveli erred in failing to suppress evidence resulting from a war-rantless patdown of Eldridge’s person. We remand for reconsideration.

On July 15, 1991, Donald Allen, a probation officer in Fairbanks, received an anonymous telephone tip that one of his probationers, Charles Smith, had been selling cocaine in Fairbanks. Two days later, Allen…