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COFEY v. STATE

No. A-10079.

216 P.3d 564 (2009)

Joseph W. COFEY, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

September 18, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tracey Wollenberg, Assistant Public Defender, and Quinlan Steiner, Public Defender, Anchorage, for the Appellant.

Douglas H. Kossler, Assistant Attorney 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.

In this appeal we consider whether a police officer conducted an investigative stop when he used his red overhead lights to contact a pedestrian. We conclude that the officer made an investigative stop when he pulled up behind the pedestrian, activated his overhead lights, jumped out of his patrol car, and instructed the pedestrian to approach the car.

Background

Late in the evening on August 18, 2006...

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