Legal Opinion
Tagala v. State
Court of Appeals of Alaska
Decided May 31, 1991No. A-3076PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
COATS, Judge.
Eugene F. Tagala was convicted of murder in the first degree and tampering with physical evidence. AS 11.41.100(a)(1)(A) and AS 11.56.610(a)(1). He contends that Superior Court Judge James A. Hanson erred in denying his motion to suppress. In his motion to suppress, Tagala argued that statements which he made to the police should be inadmissible because the police failed to administer Miranda 1 warnings, and did not honor his request for counsel. He also contends that his statements were involuntary. Tagala also challenges the state’s use of the computer system to obtain…
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