Legal Opinion
Elson v. State
Court of Appeals of Alaska
Decided September 10, 1981No. 4967PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
COATS, Judge.
Joel Elson appeals his conviction and sentence of twenty-one months for possession of cocaine in violation of AS 17.10.010. He alleges that the trial court erred in admitting into evidence cocaine which he contends was the product of an illegal search and seizure of his person; that the trial court erred in permitting testimony that he resisted the search as circumstantial evidence to show that he knowingly possessed the cocaine; that the trial court erred in considering at his sentencing evidence that he possessed cocaine on an occasion subsequent to his arrest in the…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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- People v. BelleciCalifornia Supreme Court · 1979
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3Cited by23 opinions
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