Legal Opinion

State v. Blank

Alaska Supreme Court

Decided April 30, 2004No. S-9721Published

1Opinion of the Court

90 P.3d 156 (2004)

STATE of Alaska, Petitioner,

v.

Laura A. BLANK, Respondent.

No. S-9721.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

April 30, 2004.

Kenneth M. Rosenstein, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals, Anchorage, and Bruce M. Botelho, Attorney General, Juneau, for Petitioner.

Christine S. Schleuss, Anchorage, for Respondent.

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

OPINION

EASTAUGH, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

A state trooper conducted a warrantless search of a driver's breath following a fatal accident. Was this potentially a valid exigent…

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2Cases cited61 opinions

  1. Schmerber v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Mincey v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  3. Skinner v. Railway Labor Executives' Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1989
  4. Winston v. LeeSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  5. Ferguson v. City of CharlestonSupreme Court of the United States · 2001

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