STATE v. GLASS

Nos. 3565, 3764, 2965 and 3002.

596 P.2d 10 (1979)

STATE of Alaska, Petitioner, v. Theodore GLASS, Respondent. STATE of Alaska, Petitioner, v. Michael THORNTON, Respondent. James W. ALDRIDGE, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee. Thomas Lee COFFEY, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

May 25, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David C. Backstrom, Deputy Public Defender, and Brian Shortell, Public Defender, Anchorage, for respondents Theodore Glass and Michael Thornton.

James H. Cannon, Johnson, Christenson, Shamberg & Glass, Inc., Fairbanks, for appellant James W. Aldridge.

Robert Merle Cowan, Kenai, Walter Share, Asst. Public Defender, Anchorage, for appellant Thomas Lee Coffey.

Dean J. Guaneli, Patrick J. Gullufsen, Asst. Attys. Gen., Daniel W. Hickey, Chief Prosecutor, James L. Hanley, Asst. Dist. Atty. and Avrum M. Gross, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellee and petitioner.

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


OPINION ON REHEARING

BOOCHEVER, Chief Justice.

In State v. Glass, 583 P.2d 872 (Alaska 1978), we held that warrantless electronic monitoring of a conversation between a police informant and a defendant violated the defendant's right of privacy and freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures under the Alaska Constitution. On January 15, 1979, after considering supplemental briefs by the parties, we issued an order...

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