Cowles v. State

OPINION

MATTHEWS, Chief Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

After receiving information that University of Alaska box office manager Lindalee Cowles was stealing cash from ticket sales, the University police, without obtaining a warrant, installed a hidden video camera which recorded her in the act of theft. The question in this case is whether the videotape was obtained in violation of Cowles's constitutional rights and therefore should have been suppressed. We answer in the negative.

*1170II. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

Cowles was convicted of theft in the second degree for stealing cash from the University box…