State v. Thronsen

OPINION

Before BRYNER, C.J., COATS, J., and ANDREWS, Superior Court Judge. * COATS, Judge.

On November 8,1989, the police served a search warrant on a house in Fairbanks which was rented by Earl J. Thronsen’s brother. The police described the residence as a “crack house” — a place where people regularly go to congregate and use cocaine. The warrant authorized the police to look for cocaine, cocaine paraphernalia, and the ingredients for making the “crack” form of cocaine.

Thronsen was in the house when the search warrant was executed. He was lying face down on a couch in the living room; his…