Sundberg v. State
Court of Appeals of Alaska
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SINGLETON, Judge.
Russell P. Sundberg was convicted of burglary not in a dwelling, former AS 11.-20.100, and given a five-year sentence. Sundberg was caught in the act of burglarizing a business establishment. During his capture, he was shot by one of the arresting officers. He successfully argued to the trial court that the officers used excessive force in accomplishing the arrest and, as a result, the trial court held that Sundberg had been illegally arrested and suppressed all evidence obtained as fruit of the illegal arrest. The state petitioned the supreme court for review of this…
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2Cases cited9 opinions
- Marks v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1972
- State v. EstencionHawaii Supreme Court · 1981
- Etheredge v. BradleyAlaska Supreme Court · 1972
- State v. SundbergAlaska Supreme Court · 1980
- Russell v. Municipality of AnchorageCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 1981
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Contreras v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 1989
- Wardlow v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 2000
- Crawford v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 2014
- Sundberg v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 1983
- Garcia v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 1997
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