Legal Opinion
Sumdum v. State
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided June 27, 1980No. 2117PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MATTHEWS, Justice.
The defendant, Rick Sumdum, contends that the police entry into his motel room was the product of an illegal search, and that the evidence of stolen goods found on his person pursuant to that entry should be suppressed. The superior court denied the motion to suppress 1 and we affirm.
At 5:30 a. m., May 7, 1978, Pete Heger was awakened by an intruder in his motel room at the Driftwood Lodge in Juneau. Later that morning, Heger’s roommate, Roy Claxton, discovered that his watch, cash, and marijuana were missing. The Driftwood’s manager, Leona Gran, was notified of the…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- United States v. MatlockSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Stoner v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Erickson v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1973
- McCoy v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1971
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3Cited by18 opinions
- State v. MollicaSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1989
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- People v. LerhinanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
- Deal v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1980
- Guidry v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1983
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