Alaska Supreme Court

Anton Majaev, Petitioner v. State of Alaska, Respondent

January 22, 20102010 Alas. LEXIS 9

Summary

The court held that Trooper Bordner seized Majaev when he signaled him to return because a reasonable person would have believed that leaving would violate the statutory command to stop for a peace officer. The court rejected the view that the statute applied only to a vehicle literally in motion and reversed because the lower courts had not decided whether the trooper had reasonable suspicion for the seizure.