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STEPHENS v. STATE

No. A-301.

698 P.2d 664 (1985)

Joseph L. STEPHENS, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

April 19, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary E. Greene, Asst. Public Defender, Fairbanks, and Dana Fabe, Public Defender, Anchorage, for appellant.

W.H. Hawley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals, Anchorage, and Norman C. Gorsuch, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellee.

Before BRYNER, Chief Judge, and COATS and SINGLETON, JJ.

OPINION

COATS, Judge.

This case raises the question of whether and under what circumstances the police can conduct a search of a person for identification who has been subjected to a full custodial arrest. Stephens was convicted of possession of cocaine which was found when the police attempted to search him for identification. The parties in this case stipulated to the following facts:

(1) That the defendant was arrested, without a warrant, upon...

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