State v. Miller

207 P.3d 541 (2009)

STATE of Alaska, Petitioner,

v.

Michael MILLER, Respondent.

No. S-12483.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

May 8, 2009.

Tamara E. de Lucia, Assistant Attorney General, Anchorage, and Talis J. Colberg, Attorney General, Juneau, for Petitioner.

Douglas O. Moody, Assistant Public Defender and Quinlan Steiner, Public Defender, Anchorage, for Respondent.

Before: FABE, Chief Justice, MATTHEWS, EASTAUGH, CARPENETI, and WINFREE, Justices.

OPINION

CARPENETI, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

A police officer, responding to a 911 call reporting a domestic dispute in the parking lot of a bar late at night, stopped…