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MACKELWICH v. STATE

No. A-6224.

950 P.2d 152 (1997)

William J. MACKELWICH, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

December 19, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael D. Dieni, Assistant Public Defender, and Barbara K. Brink, Public Defender, Anchorage, for Appellant.

Nancy R. Simel, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals, Anchorage, and Bruce M. Botelho, Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellee.

Before COATS, C.J., and MANNHEIMER and STEWART, JJ.

MANNHEIMER, Judge.

This appeal requires us to interpret AS 16.05.180, a statute that empowers peace officers and other authorized employees of the Department of Fish and Game to engage in warrantless searches when investigating violations of the fish and game laws. The statute specifies that, before an officer exercises this statutory authority to conduct a warrantless search, the officer must prepare a "signed written statement ... [of] the reason the search is being...

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