State v. Beckley

OPINION

In this case, the State of Alaska petitions for review of an order of the trial court granting Beckley’s motion to suppress the admission into evidence of narcotic drugs on the grounds that the drugs had been illegally seized under an invalid search warrant. Her motion to dismiss the indictment based on the presentation of the allegedly illegally seized evidence before the grand jury was also granted.

Because the orders from which the petition was taken affected a substantial right in the action which, in effect, terminates the proceeding and discontinues the action, and for the reason…