Bell v. State

OPINION

BOOCHEVER, Justice.

As a result of an investigation by security guards and state troopers at the Wien Airlines freight office in Fairbanks, Alaska, Michael Hugh Bell was arrested while in possession of a forty-pound crate of marijuana. He was convicted of possession of hallucinogenic drugs with intent to sell, in violation of AS 17.12.010 and 17.12.110 (b). Substantial questions have been raised concerning the application of the constitutional prohibitions against search and seizure 1 to air freight shipments.

Richard Rae Graves, a cargo handler for Wien Airlines in Fairbanks, became…