Legal Opinion
Mattern v. State
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided August 4, 1972No. 1409PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CONNOR, Justice.
On appeal from a conviction of burglary, appellant contests the validity of a search and seizure which produced items admitted in evidence in his trial. He also appeals from the sentence imposed.
On May 3, 1970, in Ketchikan, Alaska, Mrs. Merrell was awakened in the middle of the night by the sounds of drawers or closets slamming in the apartment below. Mrs. Merrell was startled because she knew that Carol Krebs, the occupant of the lower apartment, was away on vacation. She called the police, told them that there was someone in the apartment below hers, that the…
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3Cited by44 opinions
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