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Coleman v. State

Citations

  • 553 P.2d 40
  • 1976 Alas. LEXIS 398

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that investigatory stops are constitutionally permissible in circumstances where a police officer \has a reasonable suspicion that imminent public danger exists or serious harm to persons or property has recently occurred. ...\
  • holding that an officer may conduct an investigative stop only if the officer has “reasonable suspicion that imminent public danger exists or serious harm to persons or property has recently occurred”
  • disapproving of state’s reference at grand jury proceeding to evidence that would have been inadmissible at trial, including polygraph examination results
  • allowing a warrantless investigatory stop in cases \where the police officer has reasonable suspicion that imminent public danger exists or serious harm to persons or property has recently occurred\
  • allowing a warrantless investigatory stop in cases \where the police officer has reasonable suspicion that imminent public danger exists or serious harm to persons or property has recently occurred\
  • facts known to officer at time of search must be judged against objective standard in determining whether officer's actions were appropriate

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Judges: Boochever, Ra-Binowitz, Connor, Erwin, Burke

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