Davis v. State

OPINION

CONNOR, Justice.

Appellant was convicted, upon a jury verdict, of both possession and sale of the narcotic drug heroin, in violation of AS 17.10.010. In this appeal he asserts that police officers, while executing a valid search warrant, did not act lawfully under (1) the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, (2) Article I, Section 14 of the Alaska Constitution, and (3) AS 12.25.100. He contends, therefore, that the evidence seized under the warrant should have been suppressed.

At 10:10 a. m. on March 24, 1972, seven police officers from both the Anchorage Police Department…