Legal Opinion

Steffensen v. State

Court of Appeals of Alaska

Decided August 28, 1992No. A-3947PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MANNHEIMER, Judge.

Frank Steffensen appeals from the superior court’s dismissal of his petition for post-conviction relief. We affirm.

On May 5, 1988, Steffensen was in the Cottage Bar in Fairbanks. Fairbanks Police Officer L.C. Brown was dispatched to the Cottage Bar to investigate a tip that another man, J.S., who was wanted on an outstanding warrant, was present in the bar. When Officer Brown entered the bar, he approached Steffensen because Steffen-sen, of all the people present in the bar, most resembled the description of J.S.. Steffensen identified himself as “Donald Felix” and…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. United States v. Willie Decoster, Jr., (Decoster Iii)Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1979
  3. State v. JonesCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 1988
  4. J & L Diversified Enterprises, Inc. v. Municipality of AnchorageAlaska Supreme Court · 1987

3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Peterson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 1999
  2. Tazruk v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 2003
  3. Hampel v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 1996
  4. State v. SteffensenCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 1995
  5. Allen v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 2007

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