Legal Opinion
Free v. State
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided August 1, 1980No. 4056PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*1376OPINION
BURKE, Justice.
James Free appeals from the finding of the superior court that the warrantless search of his person was valid as a permissible investigative stop and frisk under Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1, 88 S.Ct. 1868, 20 L.Ed.2d 889 (1968). We affirm.
James Free was a suspect in a burglary which occurred in the early morning hours of December 16, 1977. Among the items taken were two handguns. Trooper Michael Marrs investigated the burglary, and that afternoon interviewed M.C., a seventeen year old Alaska native male whom the owner of the residence suspected of having committed the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Adams v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Ybarra v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Cooksey v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1974
- Coleman v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1976
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Waring v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1983
- State v. G.B.Court of Appeals of Alaska · 1989
- Hubert v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 1981
- Brown v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 1984
- Erickson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 2006
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