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COPELIN v. STATE

Nos. 5453, 5708.

659 P.2d 1206 (1983)

Charles G. COPELIN, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee. Joe Ray MILLER, Appellant, v. ANCHORAGE, a Municipal Corporation, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

February 18, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel Westerburg and Stanley Lewis, Birch, Horton, Bittner, Monroe, Pestinger & Anderson, Anchorage, for appellant Copelin.

Jeffrey M. Feldman and James D. Gilmore, Gilmore and Feldman, Anchorage, for appellant Miller.

Elizabeth H. Sheley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Anchorage, Wilson L. Condon, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellee State of Alaska.

David G. Berry, Municipal Prosecutor, Theodore D. Berns, Municipal Atty., Anchorage, for appellee Anchorage.

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

OPINION

CONNOR, Justice.

In separate cases, Charles G. Copelin and Joe Ray Miller were convicted of violating state and municipal drunken driving prohibitions. These convictions were upheld by the Court of Appeals.1 We granted Copelin and Miller's petitions for hearing2 in order to review whether the police may refuse the request of one who is arrested for driving while intoxicated to consult an attorney...

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