Griffith v. State

OPINION

Before BOOCHEVER, C. J., and RABI-NOWITZ, CONNOR, BURKE and MATTHEWS, JJ. CONNOR, Justice.

Eddie Robert Griffith was convicted by a jury on March 11, 1976, of attempted robbery in violation of AS 11.15.240. He was sentenced to five years imprisonment.

The primary issue on appeal is whether the trial court erred in denying Griffith’s motion to suppress evidence of a knit cap seized pursuant to a warrant. The warrant was issued following a warrantless search of his personal effects by jail custodians, three months after his arrest. Griffith also appeals his sentence.

On December 15, 1976,…