SHORTY v. STATE

No. A-9942.

214 P.3d 374 (2009)

Patrick L. SHORTY, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

August 7, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Doug Miller, Assistant Public Advocate, and Joshua Fink and Rachel Levitt, Public Advocates, Anchorage, for the Appellant.

Tamara E. de Lucia and Kenneth M. Rosenstein, Assistant Attorneys General, Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals, Anchorage, and Talis J. Colberg, Attorney General, Juneau, for the Appellee.

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


OPINION

BOLGER, Judge.

Patrick L. Shorty appeals his convictions for sexual assault in the first degree and three related misdemeanor charges. He argues that he could not be arrested without a warrant, and argues in the alternative that his arrest was not supported by probable cause. We hold that the police did not need an arrest warrant before arresting Shorty for a felony, and we conclude that there was probable cause for Shorty's arrest.

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