COWLES v. STATE

No. S-8831.

23 P.3d 1168 (2001)

Lindalee COWLES, Petitioner, v. STATE of Alaska, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

Rehearing Denied July 16, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert John, Law Office of Robert John, Fairbanks, for Petitioner.

Kenneth M. Rosenstein, Assistant Attorney General, Anchorage, Bruce M. Botelho, Attorney General, Juneau, for Respondent.

Before MATTHEWS, Chief Justice, EASTAUGH, FABE, BRYNER, and CARPENETI, Justices.


OPINION

MATTHEWS, Chief Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

After receiving information that University of Alaska box office manager Lindalee Cowles was stealing cash from ticket sales, the University police, without obtaining a warrant, installed a hidden video camera which recorded her in the act of theft. The question in this case is whether the videotape was obtained in violation of Cowles's constitutional rights and therefore should have...

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