STATE v. THOMAS

No. A-8778.

133 P.3d 684 (2005)

STATE of Alaska, Appellant, v. Gavis V. THOMAS, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

Rehearing Denied March 8, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy W. Terrell, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals, Anchorage, and Gregg D. Renkes and David W. Márquez, Attorneys General, Juneau, for the Appellant.

David K. Allen, Assistant Public Advocate, Fairbanks, and Joshua P. Fink, Public Advocate, Anchorage, for the Appellee.

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


OPINION

MANNHEIMER, Judge.

Gavis V. Thomas was on felony probation, and one of his conditions of probation required him to submit to searches for controlled substances. During one such search, a police officer found crack cocaine in Thomas's wallet, and this discovery led to Thomas's indictment for fourth-degree controlled substance misconduct.

Following his indictment, Thomas asked the superior court to suppress the cocaine found in his wallet...

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