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Schaffer v. State

Citations

  • 988 P.2d 610
  • 1999 Alas. App. LEXIS 160
  • 1999 WL 778232

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  • distinguishing between voluntary, uncoerced consent and mere acquiescence to apparent lawful authority, and holding that the defendant’s assent for airport security to search her carry-on luggage was nothing more than acquiescence to apparent lawful authority
  • distinguishing between voluntary, uncoerced consent and mere acquiescence to apparent lawful authority, and holding that the defendant’s assent for airport security to search her carry-on luggage was nothing more than acquiescence to apparent lawful authority
  • the voluntariness of a person's consent to a search is a question of fact, to be determined from the totality of the circumstances

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Judges: Coats, Mannheimer, Stewart

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