Williams v. State

OPINION

COATS, Chief Judge.

This case raises the issue of whether the police had reasonable suspicion to stop a car in which the defendant, Antonio Williams, was riding. We uphold Superior Court Judge Mark I. Wood’s ruling that the police had reasonable suspicion to initiate the stop.

Factual and procedural background

On May 4, 2004, Fairbanks Police Officer Bruce Barnett of the Alaska Bureau of Alcohol and Drug Enforcement received a phone call. The caller, a woman, stated that three individuals, Antonio Williams, Teffin Goss, and Courtney Guy, were distributing cocaine and marijuana in the…