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- Title: James Soroka v. State Alaska
- Author : Supreme Court of Alaska
- Release Date : January 27, 1979
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 57 KB
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This case again presents the issue of the propriety of warrantless searches of probationers. See Gonzales v. State, 586 P.2d 178 (Alaska 1978); Roman v. State, 570 P.2d 1235 (Alaska 1977). James Soroka was given a two-year suspended imposition of sentence on December 3, 1976, after he pled guilty to a charge of receiving and concealing stolen property. He was placed on probation, subject to the standard probationary conditions. On February 6, 1977, Soroka, who was almost twenty-four years old at the time, was contacted by Officer Preshaw of the state troopers, who warned him that he seemed to be falling into the same patterns of associating with juveniles that had gotten him into trouble before. Preshaw told Soroka that he would contact Ronald Murray, Sorokas probation officer, if the patterns continued. According to Preshaw, Soroka admitted during this conversation to a recent possession of cocaine. Two days later Soroka was seen again with two girls, ages fifteen and sixteen, one of whom had a prior record as a runaway. Preshaw therefore contacted Murray, who decided, based on the information he had received from Preshaw, to come to Delta Junction and search Serokas residence.