Albers v. State

OPINION

MANNHEIMER, Judge.

A police officer saw Arthur Albers and a second man walk into an alley behind a bookstore in downtown Anchorage. When the officer followed them into the alley, he saw Albers’s companion crouching down and lighting a crack pipe. At this point, the officer called for backup and he initiated an investigative stop of Albers and his companion.

At the officer’s command, Albers put his hands into the air, but he kept his left hand clenched. He refused repeated commands to open his hand. Finally, at the command of the police, Albers put his hands behind him and opened his left…