Smith v. State

OPINION

COATS, Chief Judge.

This case presents the issue of whether the trial court properly applied the inevitable discovery exception to the exclusionary rule adopted by the Alaska Supreme Court in Smith v. State. 1 We affirm the trial court’s decision.

Douglas Leon Smith was convicted, following a jury trial, of misconduct involving a controlled substance in the third degree, a class B felony. 2 Smith now appeals, arguing that evidence obtained from his home should be suppressed because Superior Court Judge Eric T. Sanders incorrectly applied Alaska’s inevitable discovery exception.

1.Drug…