STATE v. SALINAS

No. 101.

362 P.2d 298 (1961)

STATE of Alaska, Petitioner, v. Natividad SALINAS, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

May 18, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Erwin, Dist. Atty., Nome, for petitioner.

Fred D. Crane, Taylor & Crane, Fairbanks, for respondent.

Before NESBETT, C.J., and DIMOND and AREND, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

The question presented by this petition for review is whether the superior court has jurisdiction to grant a new trial on the grounds of newly discovered evidence, after an appellate court has affirmed a judgment of conviction and issued a mandate ordering the defendant to be taken into custody, but has not remanded the case to the superior court for the purpose of granting a new trial.

Respondent was indicted for the crime of arson in the first...

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