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AMBROSE v. STATE

No. A-10171.

221 P.3d 364 (2009)

Peter F. AMBROSE, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

December 18, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas I. Temple, Law Offices of William R. Satterberg, Jr., Fairbanks, for the Appellant.

Eric A. Ringsmuth, 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.

Peter F. Ambrose argues that he was subject to an unreasonable search when a trooper removed and opened a bindle of cocaine from Ambrose's shirt pocket following his arrest. We conclude that the trooper was authorized to remove the object from Ambrose's pocket because, based on its size and feel, the trooper reasonably believed that it could contain a razor blade. After removing the...

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