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SMITH v. STATE

No. A-8510.

83 P.3d 12 (2004)

Byron S. SMITH, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

January 9, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amanda M. Skiles, Law Office of Dennis McCarty, Ketchikan, for Appellant.

Timothy W. Terrell, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals, Anchorage, and Gregg D. Renkes, Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellee.

Before: COATS, Chief Judge, and MANNHEIMER and STEWART, Judges.

OPINION

COATS, Chief Judge.

Byron S. Smith appeals his conviction and sentence for felony driving while intoxicated (DWI).1 Smith contends that he was subjected to an illegal investigative stop, and that all evidence flowing from that stop should have been suppressed. For the reasons explained here, we hold that the investigative stop was justified by the facts known to the police.

Smith also contends that his...

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