Legal Opinion
Yerrington v. Anchorage
Court of Appeals of Alaska
Decided December 30, 1983No. 7874PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ON REHEARING
SINGLETON, Judge.
In Copelin v. State, 659 P.2d 1206, 1208 (Alaska 1983), the supreme court held:
[W]hen a person is arrested for operating a motor vehicle in violation of state or local drunken driving ordinances, and requests to contact an attorney, AS 12.25.-150(b) and Alaska Criminal Rule 5(b) require that the arrestee be afforded a reasonable opportunity to do so before being required to decide whether or not to submit to a breathalyzer test. Where, as here, the arrestee is denied that opportunity, subsequently obtained evidence must be suppressed ....
The sole question…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Payton v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Edwards v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Johnson v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1966
20 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by6 opinions
- State v. CoonAlaska Supreme Court · 1999
- Farrell v. Municipality of AnchorageCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 1984
- Mogard v. City of LaramieWyoming Supreme Court · 2001
- State v. SmartAlaska Supreme Court · 2009
- Charles v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 2014
1 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.