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CHILTON v. STATE

No. 4148.

611 P.2d 53 (1980)

Eric CHILTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

May 9, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank Rothschild, Walter Share, Asst. Public Defenders, Brian Shortell, Public Defender, Anchorage, for appellant.

Larry R. Weeks, Dist. Atty., Avrum M. Gross, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellee.

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

OPINION

BURKE, Justice.

In this appeal we are called upon to review the trial court's denial of Eric Chilton's motion to suppress certain evidence on the grounds that such evidence was the product of an illegal search. We conclude that the trial court did err in refusing to suppress the challenged evidence.

On August 1, 1976, at approximately 12:55 a.m., officers Kalwara and Bartlett of the Juneau police department were engaged in a normal foot patrol...

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