METCALFE v. STATE

No. 3634.

593 P.2d 638 (1979)

Peter METCALFE, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

April 20, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas Pope, Anchorage, for appellant.

James L. Hanley, Asst. Dist. Atty., Larry R. Weeks, Dist. Atty. and Avrum M. Gross, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellee.

Before BOOCHEVER, C.J., and RABINOWITZ, CONNOR, BURKE and MATTHEWS, JJ.


OPINION

CONNOR, Justice.

This case turns on the validity of the seizure and subsequent search of a box in the possession of appellant at the time of his arrest.

On April 16, 1976, Investigator Kalwara of the Juneau Police Department received information that a box addressed to Ron Hakala, Juneau, would be arriving on a flight from Seattle, Washington, and that the box was believed to contain illegal drugs. Thereafter a warrant for the search of both...

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