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CaseNo: 3PA-99-687 CR, CourtCode: SU, CourtName: Superior Court, District: Third, JudgeName: Eric Smith, Plaintiff: STATE OF ALASKA, State: AK Alaska, UniqueCaseRef: AK>SU>3PA-99-687CR, Neighbors, Standing, Inv, Sonerholm, Evidence, Search Warrant, Alaska, Violation, Waring, Trespass, Privacy, Rights, Police, Codefendant, Vicarious Standing, Constitutional Rights, Private, Misconduct, Suppress, Permission, Officers, Evidence Gathered Pursuant, Exceptions, Deliberate, Reasons, Invasion, Confession, Appeals , ContentID: 120239542

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1 . IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA Iäÿ½óHÿ¾HÿÄ$

EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
COURT
NEIGHBORS
STANDING
INV
SONERHOLM
EVIDENCE
SEARCH WARRANT
ALASKA
VIOLATION
WARING
TRESPASS
PRIVACY
RIGHTS
POLICE
CODEFENDANT
VICARIOUS STANDING
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS
PRIVATE
MISCONDUCT
SUPPRESS
PERMISSION
OFFICERS
EVIDENCE GATHERED PURSUANT
EXCEPTIONS
DELIBERATE
REASONS
INVASION
CONFESSION
APPEALS

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA

THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT AT PALMER

STATE OF ALASKA, Plaintiff,

vs.

VINCENT BURKE, Defendant.

CASE NO. 3PA-99-687 CR

STATE OF ALASKA, Plaintiff,

vs.

MELISSA BURKE, Defendant.

CASE NO. 3PA-99-688 CR

ORDER

Defendants have filed a motion to suppress the proceeds of the search warrant issued in this case
ave permission of the neighboring property owners to enter upon their property and conduct a
anding to raise this claim. For the reasons which follow, the court concludes that it is
nder the vicarious standing rule enunciated in Waring v. State, 670 P.2d 357 (Alaska 1983), and to
e officers from routinely entering private property without permission in order to obtain evidence

Defendants are charged with Misconduct Involving a Controlled Substance in the Fourth Degree. These
ound at their house pursuant to a search warrant. The principal support for the warrant was the
smelled growing marijuana at the house. At an evidentiary hearing held in this case, Inv. Sonerholm
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  • IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA
  • Defendants have filed a motion to suppress the proceeds of the search warrant issued in this
  • For the reasons which follow, the court concludes that it is appropriate to grant defendants
  • State, 670 P.2d 357, and to grant defendants' motion in order to preclude police officers
  • Defendants are charged with Misconduct Involving a Controlled Substance in the Fourth Degree.
  • The principal support for the warrant was the testimony of Inv.
  • Sonerholm testified that he learned of the possible grow from another officer, that he went
  • Sonerholm stated that he did not have permission from those neighbors to go onto their
  • Sonerholm was within the curtilage of the neighbors' property - he was in an area over which
  • Defendants argue that because the critical evidence supporting issuance of the search warrant
  • Recognizing that defendants generally do not have standing to assert the rights of a third
  • Sonerholm did not actually "seize" anything from the neighbors and hence did not really
  • The question, then, is whether defendants may avail themselves of the exceptions to the
  • In Waring, a state trooper unconstitutionally detained a codefendant in his car, as a result
  • The Alaska Supreme Court ruled that while defendant ordinarily lacked standing to assert the
  • The Court of Appeals has fleshed out the Waring exceptions to some extent.
  • Thus, in Giel, the Court of Appeals held that the fact that the police obtained an illegal
  • Giel and the Court's discussion in Waring itself also provide some guidance as to the other
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