MATTERN v. STATE

No. 1409.

500 P.2d 228 (1972)

James MATTERN, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

August 4, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce A. Bookman, Asst. Public Defender, Anchorage, Barry J. Rovins, Asst. Public Defender, Ketchikan, Herbert Soll, Public Defender, Anchorage, for appellant.

W.H. Hawley, Dist. Atty., Ketchikan, John E. Havelock, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellee.

Before BONEY, C.J., RABINOWITZ, CONNOR, and ERWIN, JJ.


OPINION

CONNOR, Justice.

On appeal from a conviction of burglary, appellant contests the validity of a search and seizure which produced items admitted in evidence in his trial. He also appeals from the sentence imposed.

On May 3, 1970, in Ketchikan, Alaska, Mrs. Merrell was awakened in the middle of the night by the sounds of drawers or closets slamming in the apartment below. Mrs. Merrell was startled because she knew that Carol Krebs, the occupant...

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