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Blue v. State

Citations

  • 558 P.2d 636
  • 1977 Alas. LEXIS 564

How courts have described this case

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  • holding there is a right to counsel under Alaska Constitution in preindictment lineup absent exigent circumstances, contrary to Kirby
  • extending right to counsel to defendant subjected to pre-indictment lineup while in custody, absent exigent circumstances
  • finding a defendant subject to a pre-indictment lineup while in custody was entitled to representation
  • construing the pre-indictment right to counsel more broadly than the federal constitution
  • defendant, not formally arrested, was in custody because he was not free to leave, the defendant had been frisked and, at one point, handcuffed
  • defendant, not formally arrested, was in custody because he was not free to leave, the defendant had been frisked and, at one point, handcuffed

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Judges: Boochever, Witz, Connor, Erwin, Burke

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