Moon v. State

OPINION

Before BRYNER, C.J., and COATS and SINGLETON, JJ. SINGLETON, Judge.

In this appeal we are asked to determine whether a joint military and civilian investigation of local drug dealers violated the Posse Comitatus Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1385 (1988), and if so, whether the exclusionary rule should apply to all evidence uncovered by the investigation. We conclude that the Act was not violated.

In early 1986, the Anchorage Police Department (APD) became concerned about drug dealing at the Palace Hotel located on 4th Avenue in Anchorage, Alaska. The city filed a civil suit to close down the Palace…