Legal Opinion
Newsom v. State
Court of Appeals of Alaska
Decided January 9, 2009No. A-9984PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MANNHEIMER, Judge.
In this case we are asked to clarify the scope of the investigative stops authorized under the search and seizure clause of the Alaska Constitution (Article I, Section 14) as interpreted in Coleman v. State, 553 P.2d 40, 46 (Alaska 1976). The question is whether Coleman allows police officers to conduct an investigative stop for the purpose of detaining and identifying a person who is suspected of being the driver of a vehicle who fied rather than submit to a traffic stop.
As we explain in more detail in this opinion, the officers in this case were in hot pursuit of…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Coleman v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1976
- State v. ParksAlaska Supreme Court · 1968
- Wilkerson v. State, Department of Health & Social Services, Division of Family & Youth ServicesAlaska Supreme Court · 1999
- State v. G.B.Court of Appeals of Alaska · 1989
- Simpson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 1994
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