Legal Opinion
Young v. State
Court of Appeals of Alaska
Decided July 3, 2003No. A-8056PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MANNHEIMER, Judge.
A police officer saw Brian Young shove a small object underneath a motel door, in an apparent attempt to hide the object from the officer. The officer handcuffed Young, then reached under the door and retrieved two crumpled pieces of tissue paper. The officer opened the tissue paper bundles and found several "rocks" of crack cocaine.
The State offers one justification for the officer's act of seizing and then opening the two tissue paper bundles: the State asserts that Young abandoned the tissue paper bundles when he shoved them under the door. We disagree. We conclude…
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