STATE v. PRATER

No. A-6460.

958 P.2d 1110 (1998)

STATE of Alaska, Petitioner, v. William L. PRATER, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

May 22, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas H. Kossler, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals, Anchorage, and Bruce M. Botelho, Attorney General, Juneau, for Petitioner.

John E. McConnaughy, III, Assistant Public Defender, Palmer, and Barbara K. Brink, Public Defender, Anchorage, for Respondent.

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


OPINION

COATS, Chief Judge.

In this case, we expand upon a point we previously noted without elaboration in Mix v. State, 893 P.2d 1270, 1273 (Alaska App. 1995): in certain circumstances, relevant information known to a police dispatcher may be "imputed" to a police officer who conducts an investigative stop and so may be considered for purposes of evaluating whether the stop was supported by a reasonable suspicion...

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