· 12/15/1978
Moreau v. State
Citations
- 588 P.2d 275
- 1978 Alas. LEXIS 643
How courts have described this case
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- ruling that errors requiring the suppression of evidence may not be raised for the first time on appeal unless they are singularly egregious
- holding that, absent exceptional circumstances, potential violations of the Fourth Amendment will not be treated as \plain error\
- holding that Fourth Amendment claims can not be raised for the first time on appeal
- holding that a codefendant voluntarily waived his Sixth Amendment right to individual counsel but requiring trial courts to apply stricter standards for dual representation in future cases, modeled after Minnesota precedent
- finding that failure to assert Fourth Amendment claim at trial amounts to waiver absent an egregious violation
- barring egregious circumstances, search and seizure violations can not be raised on appeal if they were not raised in the trial court
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Judges: Boochever, C.J. and Rabinowitz, Connor, Burke and Matthews
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