Legal Opinion
State v. Avery
Court of Appeals of Alaska
Decided July 17, 2009No. A-9961PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
COATS, Chief Judge.
In February and March of 2005, Ezial Avery was in jail awaiting trial on charges that he kidnapped and sexually assaulted his wife. At that time, Avery was subject to a court order which prohibited him from contacting his wife. In spite of the court order, Avery telephoned his wife from the jail on numerous occasions and tried to persuade her to not testify against him in front of the grand jury.
The Department of Corrections routinely records inmates' telephone calls. When the police learned that Avery had been contacting his wife, they obtained a warrant that…
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