Legal Opinion
Copelin v. State
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided February 18, 1983No. 5453, 5708PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CONNOR, Justice.
In separate eases, Charles G. Copelin and Joe Ray Miller were convicted of violating state and municipal drunken driving prohibitions. These convictions were upheld by the Court of Appeals.1 We granted Copelin and Miller’s petitions for hearing2 in order to review whether the police may refuse the request of one who is arrested for driving while intoxicated to consult an attorney before deciding whether to submit to a breathalyzer test. A second issue, raised only in the case of Copelin, is whether a judge may consider one’s refusals to submit to such breathalyzer tests…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Schmerber v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Cooksey v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1974
- Prideaux v. State Dept. of Public SafetySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1976
- Spradling v. DeimekeSupreme Court of Missouri · 1975
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3Cited by73 opinions
- Stephan v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1985
- Millman v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 1992
- Cook v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2004
- City of Spokane v. KrugerWashington Supreme Court · 1991
- Snyder v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1996
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