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VAN SANDT v. BROWN

No. S-7619.

944 P.2d 449 (1997)

Dale M. VAN SANDT, Appellant, v. Simon BROWN, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

August 22, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel Westerburg, Homer, for Appellant.

Venable Vermont, Jr. and William F. Morse, Assistant Attorneys General, Anchorage, and Bruce M. Botelho, Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellee.

Before COMPTON, C.J., and RABINOWITZ, MATTHEWS, EASTAUGH and FABE, JJ.

OPINION

FABE, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

This appeal involves a civil rights action arising from the warrantless nighttime entry by three Alaska State Troopers into the home and bedroom of Dale Van Sandt. The troopers were searching for two escaped prisoners from the Spring Creek Correctional Center in Seward. The limited issue presented on appeal is whether the superior court correctly granted a directed verdict in favor of Sergeant...

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